A Client Who Is Unable to Resolve a Fee Dispute

question 107

Multiple Choice

A client who is unable to resolve a fee dispute with a lawyer can have the lawyer's bill reviewed by a court official. These court officials have the power to

• A) impose fines on either the client or the lawyer.
• B) order that a lawyer be taken into custody.
• C) leave the bill unchanged or decide that the bill is too high and reduce it accordingly.
• D) require that the client and lawyer attend fee mediation.
• E) authorize compensation to be paid by the provincial law society.

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Definitions:

Pilus

A hair-like appendage found on the surface of many bacteria, involved in adhesion to surfaces and in bacterial conjugation.

Endotoxins

Toxic substances bound to the bacterial cell wall and released when the bacteria disintegrates.

Viral Proteins

Proteins that are encoded by viral genomes and are essential for the virus lifecycle, including entry into host cells, replication, and formation of viral particles.

Transcription

The method through which data from a DNA strand is replicated into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA), starting the production of proteins.