A presenter explained it is appropriate to charge an hourly fee in a wrongful dismissal action and in addition take 30 % of funds obtained beyond the initial severance offered to the dismissed employee client, without having to enter into
a written contingency fee arrangement.
Not exact matches
Whether it is in the Solicitor's Act in Ontario, the Law Society Rules in British Columbia or the Alberta Rules of Court, jurisdictions across Canada already require
contingency fee agreements to be in
writing.
While not having a
contingency fee agreement in
writing could breach local rules, it may also prompt the CRA to question whether the agreement qualifies as a bona fide
contingency fee arrangement.
Contingency fee agreements must be in
writing.
«In my opinion, the [retainer and
contingency fee agreement] was flawed from the moment Mr. Aduna signed it as he signed it without the benefit of speaking to a lawyer at the law firm,»
wrote Sainty.
Required the Attorney General, upon making his or her
written determination, to request proposals from private attorneys to represent the Department of Legal Affairs on
contingency -
fee basis unless the Attorney General determined in
writing that requesting such proposals were not feasible under the circumstances.
Prohibited the Department of Legal Affairs of the Office of the Attorney General from entering into
contingency fee contracts with private attorneys unless the Attorney General made a
written determination prior to entering into such a contract that
contingency fee representation was both cost effective and in the public interest.
Prohibits the state and any of its agents from entering into a
contingency fee contract with a private attorney, unless the Attorney General makes specific
written findings.
Typically, a
written fee agreement is required for
contingency work but not for hourly or transactional work, though states increasingly require all agreements to be in
writing.
Contingency Fees and
Contingency Fee Agreements (3) Subject to subrule (1) except in family law or criminal or quasi-criminal matters, a lawyer may enter into a written agreement in accordance with the Solicitors Act and the regulations thereunder, that provides that the lawyer's fee is contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provid
Fee Agreements (3) Subject to subrule (1) except in family law or criminal or quasi-criminal matters, a lawyer may enter into a
written agreement in accordance with the Solicitors Act and the regulations thereunder, that provides that the lawyer's
fee is contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provid
fee is contingent, in whole or in part, on the successful disposition or completion of the matter for which the lawyer's services are to be provided.
I even spent most of a day one weekend
writing back and forth with you about
contingency fees after you needled me for weeks or months about my «conspiracy of silence.»
A group of lawyers who recently
wrote a letter to the provincial government arguing for the legalization of
contingency fee agreements in family law matters are on the right... Read more