Boutique firm returns to tribunal following ‘administrative errors’ By Naomi Neilson|25 May 2021 A boutique Queensland law firm has continued the fight to recover fees from a client who claimed two costs agreements he never received due to “administrative errors” meant his legal team did not comply with their disclosure obligations. Boutique firm Dowd Lawyers has told the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) that despite failing to provide two costs agreement when the work had become more extensive, its client was never deprived of the opportunity to gain a fair understanding of the costs and his reaction afterwards was “inconsistent”.