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Jun

02

Keddies Partners Face the Music

Posted by The Spy | Posted in Firm Gossip, Keddies Lawyers | Posted on 10.00am

Three partners in Australian personal injury firm Keddies will soon face disciplinary proceedings for either

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unprofessional conduct or professional misconduct.

Ironically, one of the partners accused, Scott Roulstone, used to be a member of the NSW Law Society’s Professional Conduct Committee. As noted by the Sydney Morning Herald:

The allegations … relate to accusations of gross overcharging in the case of a woman who was rendered a paraplegic in a bus crash… her legal case was relatively straightforward as there were no issues relating to liability. Her case was settled with the insurers without going to court. However, the woman [alleges] she did not receive a bill from Keddies and it was not until she complained that she discovered Keddies had charged her $800,000 in legal fees. This represented a quarter of her total payout of $3.5 million…Legal experts asked to review the case … estimated the reasonable legal charges should have been between $80,000 to $120,000.

Keddies lawyers is also the former employer of David Marocchi, the lawyer recently convicted of assaulting a female.

Do you think it is ironic that an ex-member of a Professional Conduct Committee is being investigated for allegedly overcharging a quadraplaegic?  Send the Firm Spy your news and views!

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