Client Not Paying Lawyer Fees? Legal Remedies Explained

2025 Supreme(Online)(Tel) 57846

copy citing Court Copy fee is illegal as it is the right of the Writ Petitioner to get the order copy for the petition filed; (4) to declare that the person, who is as Advocate, need not be insisted upon to appear before a Scrutiny committee in case of party-in-person ... In the said situation, proviso to Rule 33B(3) of the aforesaid Rules clearly stipulate that where the party-in-person is a practicing Advocate, then the requirement for certification from the Committee concerned under....

2025 0 Supreme(Ker) 1490

An Advocate shall not accept a fee less than the fee taxable under the rules when the client is able to pay the same.” 8. ... There is no allegation that the lawyer concerned had not appeared or that the cases had not been disposed of. Only ten cases are shown where the NCTE is not a party. ... On the question of application of the Exhibit R3 (b) guidelines, the same will apply to those cases after the issuance of the guidelines and not#HL_....

High Court Malaya Shah Alam

The question whether or not an advocate and solicitor's claim for fee is barred by limitation period has to be determined according to the completion date of each and every contentious or non-contentious business. ... Such combination of fee claims for contentious matter and non- contentious matter is not consistent with the policy and rationale of the Solicitors' Remuneration Order 2005. ... The Court may authorise an advocate and solicitor to commence an action for recovery of his co....

2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 76566

Secondly, the Corporation cannot be blamed for non-payment when the submission of the fee bill was not in order. ... Additional Advocate Generals appear even in small matters where their presence is not really required which even a novice of a government counsel could handle. All this for a few pennies. Marking appearance is a matter of money. ... His grievance is that the Corporation had not settled his fee bills. He, therefore, filed W.P.(MD)No.9282 of 2006 seeking payment. It was di....

] the facts were that the arbitrator received his full fee as arbitrator from one party before he made the award, and that the other party refused to be responsible for his fee, and Lascelles C.J., who decided the case, thought that although there was no imputation of dishonesty against the ... Surveyor appointed arbitrator in action, for definition of boundaries- Payment of half of survey fee by one party before commencing work-Misconduct.        An action for definition of ....

High Court Malaya Kuala Lumpur

who: (a) acts as an advocate and solicitor or agent for any party to proceedings or in any capacity, other than as a party to an action in which he is himself a party, sues out any writ, summons or process, or commences, carries on, solicits or defends any action, suit or other proceedings in ... (3) Any unauthorized person who offers or agrees to place at the disposal of any other person the services of an advocate of any fee, gain or reward, be guilty of an offence under this subsec....

2023 0 Supreme(MP) 98

But this section also does not give unfettered power to Court for giving time to applicant for paying Court fee. Apex Court in the case of A. Nawab John & Ors v. V. N. ... But this section also does not give unfettered power to Court for giving time to applicant for paying Court fee. Hon’ble apex Court in the case of A. Nawab John & Ors v. V. N. ... But this section also does not give unfettered power to the Court for giving time to appellant for payin....

2023 0 Supreme(Guj) 788

There may be cases when a party has no resource to pay the huge amount claimed by the advocate as his remuneration. A party in a litigation may have a version that he has already paid the legitimate fee to the advocate. ... A party has the freedom to change his advocate any time and for whatever reason. However, fairness demands that the party should inform his advocate already on record, though this is not a condi....

Under the Roman-Dutch law a party to an action can be represented by a proctor, or an advocate, or by both. (Voet 3, 3,1.) ... Although the client may hand the fee personally to the advocate and speak to him about his case, the advocate accepts the fee on the strength of the proctor's letter retaining him. ... , and restricted that right " to a party in person or his counsel." ... Before the appeal could be heard, the advocate died, and it i....

If the retainer is not followed by a brief and fee, the counsel is at liberty to appear on the other side upon retainer and fee. An advocate cannot decline a fee capriciously. ... They have constructively refused the retainer and fee. [Bonser, C.J.-An advocate is not at liberty to decline a fee capriciously. Have you served notice on the advocates whose malpractice you suggest?] I do not say there has been an....

2020 0 Supreme(AP) 593

Hence the petitioner is entitled for professional fee as per the Advocate Fee Rules and also the Government memo dated 29.10.2008. The Advocates would be engaged by entrusting Vakalat to appear on behalf of the parties. Once the party gives Vakalat and engages Advocate for taking professional assistance, they cannot deny the fee which the Advocate claims as per Fee Rules. The Advocate Fee Rules are statutory and issued under the powers conferred under Article 227 of the Constitution of India and section 371-A of Advocates Act 1961.

2018 0 Supreme(Del) 2279

On the contrary, from the averments it appears that the appellant, after engaging the advocate, did not take any steps. There is no averment that the fee arranged to be paid to the advocate was paid.

2017 0 Supreme(Del) 1376

It may be noted that the appellant is a practicing Advocate with 20 years experience at the Bar. It is also not unknown that the entire professional fee of an Advocate is not received through cheque alone. We therefore have reservations in accepting the statement made by learned counsel for the appellant that it must be assumed that the appellant has been depositing his entire professional fee, whether received in cheque or in cash, in his bank account and that is the final word in so far as assessing his income is concerned. Depending upon the nature of clientele, there is....

2016 0 Supreme(Kar) 578

At any rate if the litigation is pending the party has the right to get the papers from the advocate whom he has changed so that the new counsel can be briefed by him effectively. There may be cases when a party has no resource to pay the huge amount claimed by the advocate as his remuneration. In either case it is impermissible for the erstwhile counsel to retain the case bundle on the premise that fees is yet to be paid. A party in a litigation may have a version that he has already paid the legitimate fee to the advocate.

2010 0 Supreme(AP) 341

But if the Advocate who is changed midway adopts the stand that he would not return the file until the fees claimed by him is paid, the situation perhaps may turn to dangerous proportion there may be cases when a party has no resource to pay the huge amount claimed by the Advocate as his remuneration. A party in a litigation may have a version that he has already paid the legitimate fee to the Advocate. In either case it is impermissible for the erstwhile Counsel to retain the case bundle on the premise that fees is yet to be paid. " (19) EVEN if there is no lien on the lit....