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[2023] WLR(D) 489
King’s Bench Division
Boodia and another v Slade (trading as Richard Slade and Co Solicitors)
[2023] EWHC 2963 (KB)
2023 July 4;
Nov 21
Nov 21
Freedman J
Solicitor— Costs— Assessment— Solicitors issuing interim bills to clients pursuant to express consent in retainer— Whether solicitors required to obtain informed consent of clients before issuing interim bills— Whether retainer containing implied term requiring solicitors to explain costs and rights in dispute to clients—
Solicitors Act 1974 (c 47), s 70