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High Court grants a solicitor's firm a charge over any costs awarded to a former client in a probate case, capped at €351,000.00, but denied the firm's application to charge the farm property recovered by the client. The court found that the dispute over whether the client's liability for legal fees was limited to the costs recovered from the estate should be resolved by the Legal Costs Adjudicator. The court also noted that there was no evidence suggesting the client intended to dispose of or encumber the farm property, which contributed to the decision to refuse the charge against the farm.
Legal Practitioners (Ireland) Act, 1876, solicitor's fees, charge on property, probate proceedings, High Court, Court of Appeal, proprietary estoppel, undue influence, costs in the administration of the estate, insolvency, Legal Costs Adjudicator, adjudication process, bona fide purchaser for value without notice, section 3 order, estate administration, priority of costs, disputed legal fees.
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