Judge has no authority to tell lawyers to donate some fees to charity, Ontario appeal court rules

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The court declined to approve the fees – $3.75-million, plus HST – requested by Koskie Minsky in their appeal

 

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Lawyers rip off clients regularly including hiking 30-45mts dockets as 1hr at $250-$600per hour. All judges(former lawyers, many turn better persons) should tell them that + also tell'em to reduce the total charges by 50% or more, so they only make 5-6 x of Median wagers/ 3 x PMs

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