Robinson & Wells, P.C. v. Warren

OAKS, Justice:

The district court confirmed the award of an arbitrator in a controversy between a professional corporation and a client over legal fees. The client’s appeal seeks a remand to determine whether the fees met the standard of “reasonableness” specified in the Code of Professional Responsibility, a question not considered by the arbitrator. At issue are the meaning of provisions of the Arbitration Act, U.C.A., 1953, §§ 78-31-1 to -22, and the procedures to be followed in confirming awards under it.

So far as pertinent to this controversy, the written retainer agreement provided that…