Advocate Entitled to Adjust Unpaid Professional Fees From Compensation Recovered for Client If Agreed Between Parties: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that when a client and an advocate mutually agree that professional fees will be adjusted from compensation recovered in litigation, the advocate is entitled to such adjustment if the client fails to prove that the agreed fees were already paid. The Court delivered this ruling while deciding a dispute between Prem Singh and C.S. Rathore. Origin Of The Dispute The dispute arose from compensation…