The appellant appealed the dismissal of his professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims against his former law firm, as well as the judgment allowing the firm's counterclaim for fees.
The dispute arose from a $650,000 personal injury settlement, which the appellant argued was supposed to be net of the fees of his four previous lawyers.
The Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's findings that the appellant's testimony was not credible, that the authority to settle clearly meant net of the respondent's fees only, and that the appellant was fully aware he remained responsible for his prior lawyers' accounts.
The appeal was dismissed.
