What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff is entitled to a fee that is not unreasonable?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Cicerone v. Kennedy, 2d Civil No. B278452 (Cal. App. 2017):

unreasonable. (Id. at pp. 1105-1106.) "Long-established principles of trust law impose a double-barreled reasonableness requirement: the fee award must be reasonable in amount and reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation, but it also must be reasonable and appropriate for the benefit of the trust." (Donahue v. Donahue (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 259, 263.)

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