Lawyers row over €4m in class action fees and costs

The financial claims firm Stanton Fisher is suing Dublin personal injuries solicitor David Coleman and well-known senior counsel John Gordon for up to €4 million in a row over professional fees.

The dispute involves a falling-out over a costs arrangement in an international class action in France. The rowing parties represented around 11,000 women, including hundreds of Irish women, affected by recalled faulty breast implants.

Last year, a French court ordered €60 million ...