Trusts and Estates
Applications by beneficiaries for assessment of solicitors' bills under s71(3) Solicitors Act 1974
Kenig v Thompson Snell & Passmore LLP [2023] EWHC 181 (SCCO)
Francis Ng
The issue
A trustee instructs solicitors. The solicitors bill the trustee, and the trustee pays it from trust money. Can the beneficiaries
apply for assessment of the bill?