Lawyer loses battle for fees from murder suspect’s government payout

Appeals 2023-03-27 10:27 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

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A lawyer who represented murder suspect Henry Keogh has failed to secure payment of his professional fees out of an ex-gratia payment to Keogh from the South Australian government, after an appeals court found the contingency under his retainer never arose.

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