Can a Law Firm be disentitled to fees where the Law Firm acted without instructions?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from John van Driesum Law Corporation v. Vaid, 2014 BCSC 132 (CanLII):
I may disallow fees where the Law Firm acted without instructions, failed to carry out instructions competently and adequately or took unnecessary steps: Davies v. Hunter (1995), 40 C.P.C. (3d) 273 (B.C.S.C.) at p. 282.
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