Can a lawyer recover fees from a solicitor on a quantum meruit basis?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Radic v Bosch, 2019 BCSC 602 (CanLII):
At common law a lawyer can recover fees on a quantum meruit basis, where termination of the solicitor-client relationship was justified. See Green v. John M. Richter Law Corp., 2018 BCSC 1840, para. 35.
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