Law360 Canada ( September 12, 2022, 10:04 AM EDT) -- Appeal by lawyers from a chambers judge’s decision that a contingency fee agreement was unreasonable. The client was one of 21 First Nations who made an agricultural benefits claim based on Treaty 8. The client was one of the smaller claimants and the strategy was that it would “piggyback” on the other claims. Canada made a $57.6-million settlement offer to the client, which it accepted. The contingency fee agreement provided that the lawyers would receive 20 per cent. The chambers judge determined that a fair fee would be $3 million....