The next case shows how a litigant may convince an appellate court that legal error was committed (de novo review of
a fee entitlement issue), but the battle for reversal is lost for failure to surmount an abuse of discretion issue (failure to apportion fees between covered and uncovered fee claims for relief).
Panelists also consider
fee entitlement issues, fees as sanctions, use of fee experts, and methods for calculating reasonable prevailing party fees and expenses.
Not exact matches
Given the uncertainty of the
issues to be litigated, it is equally unknown what would constitute a «win» triggering an insured's
entitlement to attorneys»
fees and costs.
He has recently been involved in matters raising a wide variety of EU law
issues, including the implementation of the common agricultural policy; the compatibility with EU law of a residency requirement for
entitlement to tuition
fee support, a minimum price for alcohol, and plain - packaging for tobacco products; the designation of special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; and the compatibility of religious further education colleges with the Equal Treatment Directive.
They understand the array of
issues in
fee dispute cases such as
fee agreements, hourly rates, tasked performed,
fee entitlement, attorney
fee ethics, and
fee award factors.
In the process, Justice Ikola, writing for a 3 - 0 panel of our local Court of Appeal, faced some interesting legal
issues relating to
fee entitlement under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) or the «tort of another» doctrine.