Test case legal fee was ‘rightfully cut’
Solicitors who charged €425,000 in legal fees for a Commercial Court case which settled for €66,000 claimed they were entitled to a ‘‘premium’’ because the claim was a test case.
Solicitors who charged €425,000 in legal fees for a Commercial Court case which settled for €66,000 claimed they were entitled to a ‘‘premium’’ because the claim was a test case.
The High Court Taxing Master cut the fee by a third to €285,000,but the defendant appealed against that decision.
Michael Kenny, who ran the Martello service station in Dublin, had sued Ireland Roc, a subsidiary of Esso Ireland, for compensation...
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