What is the difference between a contingency fee agreement and a fee-for-service contract?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sandbeck v. Glasner & Schwartz, 1989 CanLII 2798 (BC CA):
Another substantial difference between the two cases is that in Deans v. Armstrong the plaintiff was not given the choice of entering into a contingency fee agreement or of making payment for services rendered on a fee-for-service basis. I point out, moreover, that in the case on appeal, unlike Deans v. Armstrong, the plaintiff could have terminated the fee agreement prior to discovery and paid for services rendered up to the point of termination on a fee-for-service basis.
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