What is the availability of assessment under the Solicitors Act?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Colmvest v. Kramer Simaan Dhillon LLP, 2014 ONSC 5565 (CanLII):
Under the Solicitors Act the availability of assessment depends on a number of different factors, including whether there was “an undisputed retainer, the timing of the delivery of the account, whether the account is an interim or final account, whether the account is paid or unpaid, and the timing of payment of the account”. Fiset v. Falconer [2005] O.J. No. 4023 (S.C.J.) at para. 30.
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