PETER GORDON, senior partner at plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon and Herald Sun newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt are embroiled in a bitter debate over no-win, no-fee arrangements. Bolt started the fracas in a March edition of the Melbourne paper with an opinion piece in which he argued that law firms using no-win, no-fee arrangements should agree [...]
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Don’t blame me, I’m just the lawyer
Backyard gardener Vincenzo Tavernese grumbled yesterday that his fruit and vegetables haven’t thrived this summer because it’s been “too hot”, before slamming down the phone. But the 78-year-old pensioner had reason to be grumpy about his bountiful Hornsby garden after a group of neighbours claimed he had poisoned them with pesticide and sued him for [...]
‘No win, no fee’ advertising ban is ridiculous
The Queensland State Government recently moved to ban radio and TV advertising by non-lawyer injury compensation “claims harvesters” – spruikers who tout for compensation work, then hawk the files to lawyers to pursue the case. Lawyers who “buy” these files can then pass on the spruiker’s fees to clients by way of “administrative charges”. In some [...]
No Win No Fee
We aim to list the contact details of solicitors and lawyers in Australia on a state and territory breakdown that offer a no win no fee service. Here you will also find background information about how this type of payment contract works.