Lawyering fees are ballooning to rates so “disturbing” that courts are inaccessible to all but corporations and wealthy Canadians, says a senior judge. The remarks came over six-figure claims for costs in a routine appeal in a civil case: “When a client asks his lawyer the time of day he doesn’t need to be told how to build a watch”.
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