Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees
Article 8 The government should fully consider the local economic development level, social affordability and the long-term development of the lawyer industry, and determine the charging standard by compensating the average social cost of lawyer services, plus reasonable profits and statutory taxes and fees.
Article 9 The fees for lawyer services subject to market-regulated prices shall be determined by the law firm through consultation with the clients. Law firms should consider the following main factors when negotiating the fees for lawyer services with clients: (1) working hours spent; (two) the difficulty of legal affairs; (3) the client's affordability; (4) Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear; (5) The lawyer's social reputation and working level.
Article 10 Lawyers' service fees may be charged according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the bid amount, and hourly fees. Piece rate is generally applicable to legal affairs that do not involve property relations; Charging according to the proportion of the winning bid amount is applicable to legal affairs involving property relations; Time charge is applicable to all legal affairs.
Article 11 When a law firm handles civil cases involving property relations, if the client still asks for risk agency after being informed of the government's guidance price, it may charge the risk agency fee, except for the following circumstances: (1) Marriage and inheritance cases; (2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits; (3) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony, alimony, pension, relief fund and compensation for work-related injuries; (4) Request for payment of labor remuneration, etc.
Article 12 It is forbidden to implement risk agency fees in criminal litigation cases, administrative litigation cases, state compensation cases and group litigation cases.