Does a contingency fee need to be paid in real estate transactions?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Moore v Morad, 2013 CanLII 105063 (ON SCSM):
29. In this connection, defendants’ counsel submitted the headnote of the case Cleary v. Martin (1990), 10 LW 1030-025 (NSSC), where it was stated: By having a contingency fee dependent upon the proceeds of a particular sale the activity of the applicants relative to that sale constituted conduct in the furtherance of a real estate transaction
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