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Contingency fee not to exceed award or settlement
 1. A solicitor for a client who is a claimant shall not recover more in fees under a contingency fee agreement than the amount recovered by the client under an award or settlement from the party or parties against whom the claim was made, including any costs but excluding disbursements and taxes.
Certain disbursements to be excluded
 2. A contingency fee agreement that provides that the fee is determined as a percentage of the amount recovered by the client under an award or settlement shall exclude any amount that is specified as being in respect of disbursements that a court allows or would allow as recoverable from an adverse party.
Money to be held in trust
 3. A client who is a party to a contingency fee agreement shall direct that the amount of funds claimed by the solicitor for legal fees, costs, taxes and disbursements be paid to the solicitor in trust from any award or settlement.
Disbursements and taxes
  4. (1) If the client is responsible for the payment of disbursements or taxes under a contingency fee agreement, a solicitor who has paid disbursements or taxes during the course of the matter in respect of which services were provided shall be reimbursed for the disbursements or taxes on any amount recovered by the client under an award or settlement of the matter. O. Reg. 563/20, s. 4 (1). (2) Except as provided under section 13 of the Legal Aid Services Act, 2020, the amount to be reimbursed to the solicitor under subsection (1) is a first charge on the amount recovered under the award or settlement. O. Reg. 563/20, s. 4 (2); O. Reg. 676/21, s. 1.
Timing of assessment of contingency fee agreement
 5. For the purposes of clause 28.1 (11) (b) of the Act, the client or the solicitor may apply to the Superior Court of Justice for an assessment of the solicitor’s bill rendered in respect of a contingency fee agreement to which subsection 28.1 (6) of the Act applies within six months after its delivery.
Person under disability
  6. A solicitor for a person under disability, as defined in the Rules of Civil Procedure, who is represented by a litigation guardian with whom the solicitor is entering into a contingency fee agreement shall, (a) apply to a judge for approval of the agreement before the agreement is finalized; or (b) include the agreement as part of the motion or application for approval of a settlement or a consent judgment under rule 7.08 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Impermissible terms
 8. A solicitor shall not include in a contingency fee agreement a provision that, (a) requires the solicitor’s consent before a claim may be abandoned, discontinued or settled at the instructions of the client; (b) prevents the client from terminating the contingency fee agreement with the solicitor or changing solicitors; or (c) permits the solicitor to split their fee with any other person, except as provided by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Law Society of Ontario.
Application to other licensees
 9. (1) For the purposes of section 32.1 of the Act, this Regulation applies, with necessary modifications, with respect to contingency fee agreements between clients and persons licensed under the Law Society Act to provide legal services in Ontario. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the reference in clause 8 (c) to the Rules of Professional Conduct shall be read as a reference to the Paralegal Rules of Conduct of the Law Society of Ontario applicable to persons licensed under the Law Society Act to provide legal services in Ontario.
Application to other licensees
 10. Omitted (revokes other Regulations).
Application to other licensees
 11. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).
Application to other licensees
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