According to the Supreme People's Court's Reply on the Validity of Paid Agreement in Citizen Agency Contract, the people's court will not protect the paid legal service contract signed by individual citizens and others without the approval of the judicial administrative organ.
Is the consulting service fee legal? The normal consulting service fee is legal and belongs to normal civil activities. Unless the charging standard is very unreasonable, it may involve fraud or extortion.
Legal basis:
criminal law
Article 266
Whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.