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Holcroft v Thorneycroft Solicitors Limited - Court of Appeal allows Client's 2nd Appeal by Consent

On 25th June the Court of Appeal allowed the 2nd appeal in Holcroft v Thorneycroft Solicitors by consent. The Order of District Judge Batchelor dismis...

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Court of Appeal rejects attempt by solicitors to restrict the rights of beneficiaries to challenge the legal costs of administering the Estate

Has your loved one's Estate been correctly charged?

The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down a long awaited judgment in the case of Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore and has dismissed the solic...

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Probate Legal Fees

Here at checkmylegalfees.com we don't only deal with success fee refund cases but a wide range of legal fee disputes. Under s71 solicitors act 1974&nb...

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Erlam v Edmonds Marshall McMahon Limited : Court finds entitlement to assessment of what the solicitors had argued were "interim statute bills" and therefore out of time for assessment

We are really pleased to be able to publish the approved transcript of this judgment, given by Master Brown in the Senior Courts Costs Office in&...

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Just because your solicitors say it is too late to challenge their bill, don’t take their word for it

The solicitors argued that the client was largely out of time to challenge bills

Masters v Charles Fussell & Co LLP [2021] EWHC B1 (Costs) (11 January 2021) See the full judgment here https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Costs/...

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