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===Reviewing your lawyer's bill=== | ===Reviewing your lawyer's bill=== | ||
Both you and your lawyer have the right to have the lawyer's accounts reviewed for fairness under the ''[https://canlii.ca/t/544sl Legal Profession Act]''. The fee review is performed by a registrar, or sometimes by | Both you and your lawyer have the right to have the lawyer's accounts reviewed for fairness under the ''[https://canlii.ca/t/544sl Legal Profession Act]''. The fee review is performed by a registrar, or sometimes by an associate judge, of the Supreme Court at a court hearing. | ||
At this hearing, the registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> be presented with the lawyer's bills to you, any other supporting documents, such as a ''time diary'', a statement of the lawyer's charges to your bill by the amount of time spent on each task on a day-by-day basis, and the documents and correspondence that were generated over the course of the lawyer's work for you. Your lawyer <span class="noglossary">will</span> attempt to satisfy the registrar that their fees and any amounts billed for disbursements were reasonable. You will have the opportunity to argue that the lawyer's bills were unreasonable and present evidence in support of your position. | At this hearing, the registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> be presented with the lawyer's bills to you, any other supporting documents, such as a ''time diary'', a statement of the lawyer's charges to your bill by the amount of time spent on each task on a day-by-day basis, and the documents and correspondence that were generated over the course of the lawyer's work for you. Your lawyer <span class="noglossary">will</span> attempt to satisfy the registrar that their fees and any amounts billed for disbursements were reasonable. You will have the opportunity to argue that the lawyer's bills were unreasonable and present evidence in support of your position. | ||
