A grieving daughter was blindsided when the lawyer hired to settle her father's estate charged thousands of dollars for time he spent responding to a complaint the family filed against him. But lawyers are not allowed to bill for hours spent responding to complaints, according to the Law Society of Ontario. But when the time came to close the estate, the lawyer took an additional $2,340 from the estate for his time spent responding to the law society complaint. Billing was 'appropriate': LawyerThe lawyer billed 10.40 hours at $225 per hour for the time he spent responding to the complaint. The Law Society of Ontario, formerly the Law Society of Upper Canada, says it's against integrity rules for lawyers to bill for time spent responding to law society complaints.

Source: CBC News March 19, 2018 00:00 UTC