What is the client’s expectation of a Law Firm?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Shagoras Enterprises Ltd. v. Lindsay Kenney, LLP, 2008 BCSC 950 (CanLII):
The Client’s expectations needed to be managed and it was the Law Firm’s responsibility to do that managing: Winstanley v. Oldaker and Monk, 2006 BCSC 1246.
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