Charles Russell is bringing a High Court claim against a client for unpaid invoices of more than £500,000, in the second fees claim the firm has brought this year.

The latest claim, which is being brought in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, is for £524,132 against David Michael Clements who, together with his business partners Melvyn Laughton and Stewart Davies, became a client of the firm in January this year.