Meyer claimed that Farrer & Co’s “approach has been to harass me and my firm” as she said she would be “appealing the various Orders which have led to this situation. The fee dispute comes after London law firm Farrer & Co – the centuries old law firm which has built its reputation for acting on behalf of Britain’s Royal Family – represented Meyer in Maltese courts, in a legal dispute over unpaid wages. Meyer added that Farrer & Co had repeatedly sent their invoices to the wrong address, as she said the firm then tried to “bully” her into “disclosing information that is illegal.” Meyer also claimed that Farrer & Co’s invoices did not include details of “work that was inadequate,” Writing to City A.M. Meyer said “Farrer & Co has abused their privileged position as ‘the Queen’s lawyers’” as she claimed the London law firm had “avoided any normal scrutiny of invoices.” Meyer, a serial entrepreneur from California, claimed that Farrer & Co had only carried out five months’ worth of work, and that the firm had provided a poor standard of service, as she argued she should only have to pay the law firm £50,000 for their services. The suspended sentence came after Meyer failed to pay £197,000 in solicitors fees to Farrer & Co partner Julian Pike, and later refused to come to court as she instead demanded that she be allowed to tune into hearings remotely. He claimed that rather than taking it as mitigation, he simply viewed Meyer’s defence as another “aggravating feature of the contempt.” Farrer & Co In handing the entrepreneur a six-month suspended sentence, Mr Justice Kerr added that some of the evidence filed on Meyer’s behalf sought to make out that Meyer is “too important for the courts of England and Wales to take precedent over her other interests.” “I am satisfied there is every prospect that the defendant will continue to flout orders of the court unless coerced into obeying them,” the Judge said, as he claimed that it is “necessary” to show “the court is not to be trifled with.” In a ruling earlier this month, High Court judge Mr Justice Kerr said Meyer had been “cynical” in breaching the High Court’s orders, as he claimed the proceedings had shown her “to be a selfish and untrustworthy person.”
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