Does a solicitor need to get a written retainer?
New Brunswick, Canada
The following excerpt is from Baniuk vs. Filliter and Mockler, 2010 NBQB 272 (CanLII):
In Griffiths v. Evans [1953] 1 W.L.R. 1424; [1953] 2 All E.R. 1364, it was stated that, “If a solicitor does not take the precaution of getting a written retainer, he must take the consequences”.
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