A client demands a law firm to refund 127 thousand dirhams, the difference in fees for 7 lost cases

The Abu Dhabi Court for Family and Civil and Administrative Claims rejected a client’s lawsuit against a law firm, in which he demanded to reduce the legal fees for seven lost cases, to 150,000 dirhams, and oblige the office to return 127,702 dirhams, the difference of what was paid.

In the details, a client filed a lawsuit against a law firm, requesting a re-estimate of the lawyer’s fees claimed from 763,405 dirhams, to 150 thousand dirhams, and obligating the defendant office to return the remaining amount, which is under its control, which is the remaining amount of the paid amount of 127,702 Dirhams, and in precautionary ruling to re-estimate the fees owed to the defendant, by reducing the fees to a reasonable estimate determined by the court, explaining that as a factory owner, he assigned a law firm to represent him in seven lawsuits, but these lawsuits he lost.

The plaintiff indicated that the law firm initiated a lawsuit to demand the attorneys’ fees in the cases, so the judgment was issued to reject the lawsuit, and the defendant was not satisfied, so he appealed, and the lawsuit was rejected and the judgment confirmed, and the cassation was appealed. One thousand and 702 dirhams.

The court stated that, according to the decision of the Evidence Law, the final judiciary has the power of the res judicata, in what has been decided between the litigants, and when the ruling acquires this power, it refrains from the same litigants in the case in which it was issued from returning to discussing the same issue, noting that the established From the judgment issued by the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation to cancel the appealed judgment, and to oblige the plaintiff to pay the defendant an amount of 485 thousand and 702 dirhams. and expenses.

The client demanded a re-estimation of the lawyer's fees claimed from 763 thousand and 405 dirhams, to 150 thousand dirhams.

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