A family court judge has taken a swipe at barristers who charge cancellation fees after a case in which the mother clocked up almost $1 million in legal costs…

A West Australian couple with $1.8 million in assets racked up more than $1.1m in lawyers’ fees during a bitter separation, after which a Supreme Court ruled the husband’s lawyer had lost objectivity and overcharged him, including for up to 24.8 hours of work in a single day…