What is the reasonableness of a contingent fee agreement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cope v. Dickson, 2002 BCSC 98 (CanLII):
I recently had occasion to consider the matter of the reasonableness of a contingent fee agreement in Kelly v. McMillan et al, 2001 BCSC 1556. At paras. 24 – 25, I stated:
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