City firm behind BHP litigation faces legal action over unpaid barrister fee claims
A barrister for the law firm behind the record BHP litigation has alleged in a £2.6m lawsuit that the firm failed to pay him and now faces a counterclaim. Ibar McCarthy, a barrister at Normanton Chambers, alleged City law firm Pogust Goodhead did not pay him for his work on the £36bn litigation against mining giant [...]
Normanton Chambers barrister Ibar McCarthy alleges that law firm Pogust Goodhead failed to pay him £2.6 million for his work on the £36 billion lawsuit against BHP for the 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil. McCarthy, who worked on the trial on a full-time retainer agreement, claims the firm breached its contractual obligations under a conditional fee arrangement, also known as a no-win, no-fee agreement.
Pogust Goodhead, however, rejects McCarthy's allegations and plans to defend the claim while pursuing its own counterclaim. The High Court has rejected a request to pause the BHP litigation, despite the client committee requesting a change of law firm from Pogust Goodhead to US firm Bailey & Glasser.
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