According to Article 10 of the Measures for the Administration of Fees for Lawyers' Services, fees for lawyers' services can be charged according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the amount of the subject matter, 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.
However, customers can check whether the charges are legal. When accepting the entrustment, a law firm shall sign a contract with the client for charging lawyer services or specify the charging terms in the entrustment contract.
The charging contract or charging terms shall include: charging items, charging standards, charging methods, charging amounts, payment and settlement methods, dispute settlement methods, etc.
When a law firm collects lawyer service fees from its clients, it shall issue legal bills to the clients.
Citizens, legal persons and other organizations may report and complain to the price department, the judicial administrative department or the lawyers' association through letters, telephone calls and visits if they think that the law firm or lawyers have price violations.
The fees for lawyer services with market-regulated prices shall be determined by the law firm through consultation with the clients.
The following main factors shall be considered when a law firm negotiates the fees for lawyer services with its clients:
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.
Extended data:
In view of the problems existing in risk agency fees in recent years, the Measures stipulate that in handling some civil cases involving property relations, risk agency fees can only be executed at the request of the client.
It is strictly forbidden to implement risk agency fees in civil cases involving the vital interests of ordinary people, such as criminal cases, administrative cases, state compensation cases, group cases and marriage inheritance; The maximum fee ratio of risk agency shall not be higher than 30% of the contract amount.
The Measures stipulate that law firms can only charge lawyers' service fees, fees paid on behalf of clients and travel expenses for handling cases in different places, and shall not charge other fees in any name, and clearly stipulate all aspects of law firms' acceptance of entrustment, signing of contracts and settlement of fees.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Measures for the Administration of Attorney Fees