Does a lawyer who has billed a certain sum, and believes it to be reasonable?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cao v. Tsui & Cao Law Corporation, 2015 BCSC 2072 (CanLII):
The fact that a lawyer has billed a certain sum, and believes it to be reasonable, does not necessarily make the fee objectively reasonable. See Gitchuru v. Smith, 2014 BCCA 414, at para. 105.
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