Description
In a claim for accountancy fees for preparation of statutory accounts, the firm agreed a fixed fee subject to the accounts and supporting documents of the company being in good order. They were not. The firm raised a fee invoice based on its standard charge out rates on a time basis. The Court of Appeal held that a clause in the firm's general conditions providing that fee would be so calculated was an acceptable contractually agreed short-cut to the use of the time records and the claimant's hourly rates to determine the appropriate sum due for a quantum meruit as opposed to an implied term of a reasonable fee.
