COST BITES 395: A RETAINER WAS NOT A CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE TERMS IN RELATION TO HOURLY RATES RENDERED IT TOO UNCERTAIN (COURT OF APPEAL DECISION YESTERDAY)

This appeal has been much discussed in the specialist press. A solicitor's client argued that the terms of a retainer rendered in a Contentious Business Agreement. This would have given her greater scope to dispute the bills.  The Court of Appeal rejected that argument.  (The bill in question was fo...