A lawyer representing the legal team behind the $10-billion Robinson Huron Treaty settlement says an appeal is being considered after a Superior Court judge drastically reduced their legal fees.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Fred Myers ruled earlier this week that the team’s $510-million legal bill must be cut to $23 million — nearly half a billion dollars less than what was originally charged.

Brian Gover, counsel for the firm Nahwegahbow Corbiere Genoodmagejig, called the decision a “disappointing outcome.”

“Ontario Superior Court Justice Fred Myers’ decision flew in the face of the litigation fund’s firm belief that the legal team should be compensated in keeping with a fee structure that had been carefully negotiated,” Gover said in an emailed statement to CBC News.

“An appeal

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