In Hugh Cartwright & Amin v Devoy-Williams & Anor [2018] EWHC 1692 (QB) Mrs Justice Nicola Davies MBE (sitting with an assessor) overturned a decision of a Master where counsel's brief fee was reduced because the matter had settled the afternoon before the trial.
THE CASE
The matter ...
It’s depressing how often judges are all too willing to make savage cuts to solicitor’s charges yet treat counsel’s fees as somehow sacrosanct, and hardly ever reduce them.
It couldn’t possibly be because nearly all judges are ex-counsel could it …?