Contingency fees will compromise lawyers’ ethics, peak legal body warns
Article 2020-03-13 12:27 am By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne
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The Law Council of Australia has come out against proposed Victorian legislation that would allow lawyers to charge contingency fees, saying lifting the current ban would compromise solicitors’ ethical duties to their clients.

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