The factors relevant to an evaluation of
the reasonableness of fees charged by a solicitor are well established.
Not exact matches
«For satellite dish installation permission — # 500 plus surveyor's
fee for inspecting channels» CLRA 2002, Sch 11 gave tenants the right to challenge the liability to pay and
reasonableness of an administration
charge — for example, for consent to installation
of a satellite dish or carrying out
of building works, on providing information or documents or in respect
of a failure to make payment under the lease — at a LVT and, ahead
of service
charges, obligated the landlord to serve, with a demand for the payment
of the
charge, a summary
of the tenant's rights and obligations.
In a recent matter in California, an attorney avoided
charges for the
reasonableness of his
fees by having solid time records which were reviewed in camera by the trial court.
3d 121 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012), the 2nd DCA cautioned that even when
charging a flat
fee, counsel can not establish the
reasonableness of its
fees without satisfying the requirements
of Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.
Whether
charging a flat
fee or hourly
fee, lawyers need to be aware that they have the same obligation to justify the
reasonableness of their
fees.
Similarly, under a statute which allowed for bylaws concerning «all or part
of the costs
of the disciplinary proceeding,» and although regulations provided for a licensee to pay «all or part
of the costs
of the disciplinary hearing, including (i) per day
fees for members
of the Discipline Committee, (ii) counsel
fees, (iii) reporter
fees, (iv) facility
charges, and other
charges associated with the hearing», a court found such award to be subject to the same
reasonableness standard
of review as is the rest
of the substantive disciplinary decision.