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Both you and your lawyer have the right to have the lawyer's bills reviewed for fairness under the ''[http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/page.cfm?cid=694&t=Legal-Profession-Act-Contents Legal Profession Act]'' to fix a final amount owing. The fee | Both you and your lawyer have the right to have the lawyer's bills reviewed for fairness under the ''[http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/page.cfm?cid=694&t=Legal-Profession-Act-Contents Legal Profession Act]'' to fix a final amount owing. The fee review is performed by a Registrar or Master of the Supreme Court at a formal hearing in court. | ||
At this hearing, the Registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> be presented with the lawyer's bills to you, and 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 services to you. Your lawyer <span class="noglossary">will</span> attempt to satisfy the Registrar that his or her fees were reasonable and that the amounts billed for disbursements were reasonable. The Registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> look at the bills and apply a number of considerations in arriving at his or her decision, including: | At this hearing, the Registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> be presented with the lawyer's bills to you, and 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 services to you. Your lawyer <span class="noglossary">will</span> attempt to satisfy the Registrar that his or her fees were reasonable and that the amounts billed for disbursements were reasonable. The Registrar <span class="noglossary">will</span> look at the bills and apply a number of considerations in arriving at his or her decision, including: | ||
