Sentences with phrase «second lawyer»

The policy will also now extend the $ 250,000 per claim and in the aggregate defence - only coverage under the endorsement for «Claims Brought by CORPORATE EMPLOYERS» to include coverage for seconded lawyers in those circumstances.

We also second lawyers from here to China for periods of time to ensure there is a general alignment in approach and understanding because culture differences and operating differences can lead to all sorts of legal challenges.

For 2017, the Program Policy has been clarified to explicitly exclude claims brought by corporate clients against seconded lawyers for professional services provided while under secondment with them, where notwithstanding the form of the relationship, the claimant meets the definition of a «corporate employer» under the Program Policy.

The firm has already seconded a lawyer to Costcutter and regular feedback meetings are taking place.

Seconded lawyers face different risks than either employed corporate counsel or lawyers in traditional private practice and the Program requires clarification to reflect this.

One of the lawyers, Mr. Vincent Obete, told the court that he was briefed by the famly of Nnamdi Kanu to represent him, while the second lawyer, Mr. Gabriel Egbule, said he was personally briefed by Nnamdi Kanu on October 19, when he was arraigned before the court.

«Jurors might think that the underlying proof is suspect» because Taub gave Silver patients as part of an illegal quid pro quo, the second lawyer said.

When a prospective client consents to having a lawyer speak to a second lawyer on his behalf regarding the possibility of establishing an attorney - client relationship, the second lawyer has an obligation under Rules 1.6 and 1.18 to treat the communication as confidential, even if the second lawyer never speaks directly with the prospective client.

A second lawyer is $ 140 a month.

We felt we were losing money as we couldn't charge as much for the seconded lawyers and there was a significant risk that the lawyers that we had trained, would take up permanent employment with our clients.

(She's the second lawyer profiled in App Friday to confess a love for the addictive game.

Before this draft is sent to our client, it is reviewed and discussed with at least a second lawyer of the firm.

Warkentin, J. had noted that the evidence supported the likelihood that the second lawyer informed the plaintiffs of the limitation period.

The plaintiffs appealed (2017 ONCA 103), this time restricting their arguments to the issue of whether the second lawyer had owed them a duty of care to advise of the limitation period as it applied to the potential negligence action against the first lawyer.

The Court of Appeal held that Warkentin, J., in granting summary judgment to the second lawyer, erred in failing to consider whether he had owed the plaintiffs a duty to advise them about the limitation period for suing the first lawyer, even though the written retainer between the plaintiffs and the second lawyer was restricted to an assessment of the first lawyer's account.

They later brought a negligence action against the second lawyer, alleging that he had not competently advised them with respect to their claims against the first lawyer.

The second lawyer brought a successful motion to have those claims dismissed.

Yesterday, Silverglate renewed that call, finding both precedent and vindication in the Justice Department's indictment this week of a well - respected Florida lawyer for the advice he gave a second lawyer.

A second lawyer took carriage of the file from R.

Our firms regularly train together and we second lawyers to and from Freshfields, helping us to build deeper cross-team connections.

A second lawyer, Ethan E. Ellner of Plainview, is alleged to have used his title company to create fake titles used in the scam.

Get advice from a second lawyer for every thing the first lawyer said.

Unfortunately, the second lawyer did not have the benefit of reviewing the actual MOA with Sofia when he met with her.

The second lawyer was able to confirm that it was Sofia's clear wish for Dimitra to receive her house.

She retained a second lawyer, who delayed in moving to have the action restored to the trial list.

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When the second lawyer eventually did bring the motion, Master Graham dismissed both the motion and the underlying action.

As part of our commitment to building relationships, we frequently provide bespoke training, seconded lawyers and secondment opportunities for our clients» lawyers.

In the midst of this, she hired and then fired her first lawyer, hired and fired a second lawyer, and finally hired a third.

When her husband failed to appear in court, his dissipation was soon discovered, and she then filed a legal malpractice claim against her first and second lawyers, claiming that they breached their duties of care in failing to obtain an order from the divorce court freezing the couple's bank accounts.

This means that you should not have to pay a greater cost for hiring a second lawyer than you would for staying with the first lawyer to the end of the case.

Where your lawyer is working on a Contingency Fee Arrangement, the usual situation is that you do not have to pay any more money to have a second lawyer.

But when an insured without specific counterclaim coverage chooses to assert a counterclaim and retains a second lawyer to do so, the question arises whether, and to what extent, the two lawyers can present a coordinated defense and whether their efforts to do so may pose problems for the insured.

With respect to any disbursement costs that have been incurred by your first lawyer, the usual practice is for the second lawyer to pay out the first lawyer for the disbursements.

If you go to a second lawyer and then decide to fire him / her, it becomes increasingly difficult to find a top end lawyer to take your case regardless of the merit of the case.

ABA Formal Opinion 464 concludes that lawyers working in a jurisdiction that bars fee splitting with nonlawyers can divide a fee with a lawyer in another jurisdiction not subject to such restrictions even though the second lawyer might fee share with nonlawyers.

A court should not attribute the disappearance of the plaintiffs» first lawyer and the refusal of their second lawyer to turn over the file or advise their third lawyer about the litigation deadline.

Sometimes it works out when the second lawyer does a bit of issue spotting that the first lawyer missed, but usually the issue spotted isn't critical to the client.

We don't just talk the talk — we've seconded our lawyers to the WEF's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution to make sure we are right in the midst of the changes that are coming, and learning by doing.

Clients worried about unjustifiably spoiling their relationship with outside counsel by getting a second perspective can obtain a confidential second opinion as long as they have enough background information on hand to brief the second lawyer.

«Funding a second lawyer is exceptional.

You may also want to have a second lawyer evaluate your first lawyer's actions and advise you about paying (or refusing to pay) any bill you receive, filing a complaint with your state lawyer discipline agency, or suing the lawyer for malpractice.

The more you can tell and show the second lawyer about your case, the better advice you will get about whether your case is being handled correctly and what might be done differently.

At the requests of our clients, we have seconded our lawyers to financial institutions to assist our clients on their internal legal support needs and hence are familiar with the day to day legal matters of a financial institution.

Duncan was the second lawyer we met with but immediately felt he would be the best person to represent us.

Do you see disclosure by the first lawyer to the second lawyer as also being a justifiable and prudent course in these circumstances?