There is no uniform regulation on the fees and methods of lawyers. According to different cases, different local policies and other factors, the charging standards and methods of lawyers are also different.
1. Article 3 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees stipulates that lawyers' service fees shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntary 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.
2. Article 8 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees stipulates that the charging standards for lawyers' services formulated by 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 standards according to the average cost of compensating lawyers' services, plus reasonable profits and statutory taxes and fees.
3. Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees stipulates that the fees for lawyers' services subject to 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.
4. Article 10 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees stipulates that lawyers' service fees can be charged according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the target 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.
How much is the lawyer's fee for unfair competition?
(1) Cases without property disputes: for ordinary civil, economic and administrative cases that do not involve property, according to the nature, complexity and time required for work, the fee is between 6,000-100000 yuan through negotiation; If foreign-related civil, economic and administrative cases do not involve property, the agency fee shall not be less than 20,000 yuan [2];
(2) Legal documents: write, modify and review legal documents. According to the nature of legal documents, the degree of difficulty, the time required for work and other factors, the fee for each document is between 600-2000 yuan through consultation;
(3) Lawyer's witness: According to the nature of legal documents, the required time and other factors, the fee is negotiated between 2000- 10000 yuan/piece.
(4) Attorney's notarization: the negotiation fee is between1500-3,000 yuan/piece for different notarization affairs of lawyers;
(5) Lawyer's letter and legal opinion: issue a lawyer's letter or legal opinion for the client, and negotiate fees according to the difficulty of related affairs, the purpose of use, the time required for work, etc. , and each set is between1.500-20,000 yuan.
(6) Lawyers' investigation: fees shall be negotiated according to the investigation items.
How to determine the fees for law firms to provide legal services in different places? Generally, the legal service fees of law firms in different places will be higher than those in local areas, after all, they need transportation fees and so on. If you don't know much about the content of legal services provided by specific law firms in different places, you can come to a lawyer for consultation.