Our clients' former lawyer charged fees totalling $120,798.31 for work carried out in relation to 4 different matters in Victoria.
Our client's engaged us in February 2023 to review costs charged by his former lawyer. We found that the former lawyer was largely compliant with their disclosure obligations. The former lawyer was seeking payment of their outstanding fees in the amount of $8,471.00.
After several months of negotiations, we were able to have the outstanding fees waived, and a further refund of $12,327.31.
All this occurred within 7 months of our engagement.