Notice of Hebei Lawyers Association on Printing and Distributing Guiding Opinions on Charges for Lawyers' Services in Hebei Province. Municipal Lawyers' Associations and Xinji Branch of Provincial Lawyers' Association: "Guiding Opinions on Charges for Lawyers' Services in Hebei Province" was deliberated and adopted at the 11th meeting of the 6th Standing Council of Provincial Lawyers' Association on January 24th, 216, and is hereby promulgated for implementation. January 26th, 216, Hebei Lawyers Association. Guiding Opinions on Charges for Lawyers' Services in Hebei Province. Hebei Lawyers Association 2167. In order to guide law firms to charge fees reasonably and promote the healthy development of law firms in our province, it is formulated in accordance with the Price Law, Lawyers Law and other laws and regulations and the spirit of the Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission on Liberating Opinions on Some Service Prices (NDRC Price [214] No.2755). First, the scope of government guidance price. According to the requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission, the following fees for lawyer services are subject to government guidance: 1. Acting as defenders of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases, and as agents of private prosecutors and victims in criminal cases; 2. Civil litigation and administrative litigation agents who ask citizens to pay labor remuneration, compensation for work-related injuries, alimony, alimony, pensions and relief funds, lawyers involved in group litigation such as safety accidents, environmental pollution and compensation (compensation) for land acquisition and demolition, and agents involved in public interests such as safety accidents, environmental pollution and compensation (compensation) for land acquisition and demolition; 3. Lawyers represent cases in which citizens request state compensation. The fees charged by the government-guided lawyer services shall be implemented in accordance with the fees set by the price department and the judicial administrative department. The second is the scope, principles and methods of implementing market-regulated prices. In addition to the above provisions, if other lawyers' service charges are subject to market adjustment, it shall be determined by the law firm and the client through consultation. A law firm should comprehensively consider factors such as service cost, credit level, difficulty of legal affairs, risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear. Law firms should negotiate with clients on an equal footing, reasonably determine the charging price of lawyers' services, and adopt piecework charging, charging according to the proportion of the target amount and charging by the hour according to the different service contents. If piecework fees and fees are charged according to the proportion of the amount of the subject matter, lawyers can appropriately reduce the fees at multiple stages of litigation (including first-instance procedures, second-instance procedures, trial supervision procedures, execution procedures and arbitration procedures) from the second stage. 3. The guiding standard of piece rate. In civil litigation cases with market-regulated prices (including incidental civil litigation that only accounts for the civil part), if property relations are not involved, fees can be charged by piece. The amount of piecework fees can be agreed between 3 yuan and 3 yuan, and the specific price is determined by the law firm and the client through consultation. IV. guiding standards for charging according to the target amount. In civil litigation cases with market-regulated prices (including cases in which incidental civil actions only take the place of civil parts), where property relations are involved, the amount of fees charged at each stage of agency litigation can be calculated cumulatively according to the following proportion of the amount of the subject matter: 8% for the part with the subject matter below 1, yuan (inclusive), and 3, yuan for the part with the subject matter less than 3, yuan; 6% will be charged for the part between 1, yuan and 1 million yuan; 4% will be charged for the part of the target amount between 1 million yuan and 1 million yuan; The part with a bid amount of more than 1 million yuan will be charged at 2%. The scope of acceptance and charging standards of major, difficult and complicated civil litigation cases. Under any of the following circumstances, it can be considered as a major, difficult and complicated civil litigation case: 1. A case listed as the first instance by the Intermediate People's Court; 2. Group litigation cases; 3. Cases involving more than two legal relationships; 4, involving professional knowledge, need to hire non legal professional knowledge of the case; 5. Foreign-related cases (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan); 6. Other major, difficult and complicated cases approved by the law firm and the client through consultation shall be agreed by the law firm and the client. Major, difficult and complicated civil litigation cases with market-regulated prices may be charged within five times of the above-mentioned prescribed charging standards after consultation between the law firm and the client. 6, administrative litigation, arbitration and non litigation business charges guiding standards. Administrative litigation cases, arbitration cases and non-litigation business charges shall be subject to market-adjusted prices with reference to the negotiated charging standards for civil litigation cases. Seven, service charges. Guiding standards for charging time service. The legal service business with market-adjusted price can be negotiated according to the hourly charging standard, which can be agreed between 5 yuan and 3 yuan per working hour, and the specific price is determined by the law firm and the client through consultation. Eight is the guiding standard of risk agency charges. For legal services with market-regulated prices, law firms can implement risk agency fees. The amount of risk agency fees is agreed between 1% and 3% of the target amount, and the specific proportion is determined by the law firm and the client through consultation. Nine, the guiding standards for legal advisory services. Enterprise legal consulting services can determine the amount of legal consulting fees according to the registered capital of the employer, the scale of the enterprise, the annual turnover, the amount of legal affairs and the degree of difficulty, and the annual legal consulting fees can be agreed between 6, yuan and 6, yuan. State organs, institutions, social organizations and other non-enterprise units employ legal counsel, which can be determined through consultation with reference to the charging standard of enterprise legal counsel. In this guidance, the lawyer's service fee does not include the fees charged by administrative, judicial, appraisal, evaluation, auction, translation, notarization and other departments, nor does it include the travel expenses incurred by lawyers in providing services. This guidance shall be interpreted by the Hebei Lawyers Association and shall be implemented as of February 1, 216. Secretariat of Hebei Lawyers Association. January 26, 216. 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Measures for the administration of lawyer service charges Article 3
The lawyer service charges shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntariness, compensation, honesty and credibility. Law firms should facilitate the people, strengthen internal management, reduce service costs, and provide convenient and high-quality legal services for clients.
Article 5
The following legal services provided by law firms are subject to government-guided prices:
(1) Civil litigation cases;
(2) administrative litigation cases;
(3) compensation cases;
(4) providing legal advice to criminal suspects, acting as an agent for complaints and accusations, applying for bail pending trial, and acting as a defender of the defendant or an agent ad litem of the private prosecutor or the victim;
(5) representing all kinds of litigation cases. The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.