COST BITES 373: THIS ENGAGEMENT LETTER WAS NOT A CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS AGREEMENT: “CERTAINTY” IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT

In this case the court considered whether a solicitor's letter of engagement amounted to the creation of a Contentious Business Agreement.  It was held that there was too much uncertainty for this to be a CBA. The failure to set a fixed fee, or the mechanism by which fees could be increased, was one...