Does the filing of a notice of change of solicitor appointing a private defence counsel constitute an overhead of the solicitor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Milkovich v. Bucan, 2010 BCSC 1582 (CanLII):
In Milkovich v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, I found that the filing of the notice of change of solicitor appointing private defence counsel was an overhead of that defendant. Accordingly, the charges related to this step were disallowed.
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