Where a solicitor requests amended memoranda of fees from a barrister and accepts them without complaint, the solicitor cannot later challenge the memoranda as non-compliant with s 194(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1987 for want of signature. A formal signature is not required under s 194(1), but something must be added to the bill identifying it as adopted by the sender; letterhead alone is insufficient. The obligation to disclose particulars under regulation 22A does not require communication of information already known to the recipient.
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