i’ve been posting quite a lot because of confusion since we have an irresponsible lawyer. My husband and I would like to know about a certain part of the contract and understand it more. We understood it but we would like to hear others’ opinion because we might understand it differently.
We would love to cancel our representative handling our case but we are worried we might have to pay to do it. Here is the part of the contract that potentially indicates it.
Any matters that are suspended or terminated at the Client's request, for any reason, at any point after a file is opened, will be billed on an hourly rate for work completed to that point. In such cases, the hourly rate will supersede the flat fee quoted in this agreement. The hourly rate will be payable according to the following schedule: Partner - $1200/hour, Senior Lawyer - $900/hour and Associate lawyer/Senior Consultant - $600/hour, Licensed Paralegal/consultant - $350/hour. Additionally, applications suspended or terminated are subject to a $300 file opening fee which covers the disbursements that will be itemized in your bill. After application is initiated and legal team communications have begun, which may include but is not limited to: initial legal team email(s), file review and assessment, list of documents are distributed, amongst other actions, MHNPC may bill the hourly rate as indicated, or a portion of the file value as attributable for the file; whichever is greater.
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We would love to cancel our representative handling our case but we are worried we might have to pay to do it. Here is the part of the contract that potentially indicates it.
Any matters that are suspended or terminated at the Client's request, for any reason, at any point after a file is opened, will be billed on an hourly rate for work completed to that point. In such cases, the hourly rate will supersede the flat fee quoted in this agreement. The hourly rate will be payable according to the following schedule: Partner - $1200/hour, Senior Lawyer - $900/hour and Associate lawyer/Senior Consultant - $600/hour, Licensed Paralegal/consultant - $350/hour. Additionally, applications suspended or terminated are subject to a $300 file opening fee which covers the disbursements that will be itemized in your bill. After application is initiated and legal team communications have begun, which may include but is not limited to: initial legal team email(s), file review and assessment, list of documents are distributed, amongst other actions, MHNPC may bill the hourly rate as indicated, or a portion of the file value as attributable for the file; whichever is greater.
