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Quantum Meruit Means As Much As The Lawyer Deserves or Such Amount Which His Services Merit. Recovery of Attorney's

The document discusses several legal concepts and doctrines: 1. The doctrine of imputed knowledge which assumes an attorney communicates matters affecting their client. 2. Quantum meruit which means the attorney deserves payment based on the merits of their services. Recovery of fees can occur when there is no express contract or the contract is invalid. 3. Substitution of counsel which refers to replacing one attorney with another.

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Quantum Meruit Means As Much As The Lawyer Deserves or Such Amount Which His Services Merit. Recovery of Attorney's

The document discusses several legal concepts and doctrines: 1. The doctrine of imputed knowledge which assumes an attorney communicates matters affecting their client. 2. Quantum meruit which means the attorney deserves payment based on the merits of their services. Recovery of fees can occur when there is no express contract or the contract is invalid. 3. Substitution of counsel which refers to replacing one attorney with another.

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I.

1. appearance (legal concept)

2. compromise

3. doctrine of imputed knowledge -


The doctrine of imputed knowledge is based on the assumption that an attorney, who has notice
of matters affecting his client, has communicated the same to his principal in the course of
professional dealings.246

4. champerty

5. judicial notice-

6. quantum meruit
Quantum meruit means as much as the lawyer deserves or such amount which his services merit. Recovery of attorney’s
fees on the basis of quantum meruit is authorized (1) when there is no express contract for payment of attorney’s fees;
(2) when although there is a formal contract for attorney’s fees, the fees stipulated are found unconscionable or
unreasonable by the court; (3) when the contract for attorney’s fees is void due to purely formal defects of execution; (4)
when the lawyer, for justifiable cause, was not able to finish the case to its conclusion; (5) when the lawyer and the client
disregard the contract for attorney’s fees,20 and (6) when the client dismissed his counsel before the termination of the
case or the latter withdrew therefrom for valid reasons.

7. Substitution of counsel- Pp. 382

8. maybe relieved of legal effects- Pp 338

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