Boodia & Anor v Slade (t/a Richard Slade And Company) [2023] EWHC 2963 (KB)

Boodia & Anor v Slade (t/a Richard Slade And Company) [2023] EWHC 2963 (KB)

There was no requirement for a solicitor to obtain informed consent to a retainer which provided for rendering of interim statute bills. Permission to appeal was granted on whether the consequent restriction on the client’s ability to challenge such a bill contravened the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (“the UTCC regs”) and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, the allegation being that the solicitors ought to have spelt out the consequences in respect of the loss or reduction of rights to obtain a statutory assessment of the bills under s.70 of the Solicitors Act 1974.

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