Firm had no right to charge £53,000 from client estate, judge rules

Today's Law Society Gazette reports here on the case of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College v QLaw Legal Services Limited, in which the solicitor's bill for dealing with administration of an estate was disallowed completely.

Costs Judge Leonard found that the Surrey firm could not charge the estate for director Neil Quantick's services as professional executor. This was because the deceased's Will did not include a "charging clause" expressly providing for the remuneration of a solicitor who had acted in a professional capacity as the executor of an estate.

You can read / download a full copy of the judgment below.