Lawyer's contingency fees acceptable: Court of Appeal Final Edition
The Court of Appeal held that contingency fee arrangements should no longer be absolutely prohibited, and it encouraged the Ontario government to develop regulations to apply to those arrangements. Prior to this ruling, Ontario was the only remaining jurisdiction in North America that prohibited law...
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| Published in | Orillia packet and times |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Orillia, Ont
Postmedia Network Inc
10.10.2002
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The Court of Appeal held that contingency fee arrangements should no longer be absolutely prohibited, and it encouraged the Ontario government to develop regulations to apply to those arrangements. Prior to this ruling, Ontario was the only remaining jurisdiction in North America that prohibited lawyers from entering into contingency fee arrangements with their clients. The historic rationale for this prohibition was a concern that contingency fee arrangements would give a lawyer an interest in the result of a proceeding and may cloud his or her objectivity. |
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| ISSN: | 0837-1989 |