1. Is the lawyer's fee for civil dispute mediation halved?
The lawyer's fee for resolving civil disputes shall not be halved.
Measures for the administration of lawyers' service fees
Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be guided by the government and regulated by the market.
Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the law, and implement the government-guided price:
(1) Acting as an agent in civil litigation cases;
(2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases;
(3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases;
(four) to provide legal advice to criminal suspects in criminal cases, to represent complaints and accusations, to apply for bail pending trial, and to act as the defendant's defender, private prosecutor or agent ad litem of the victim;
(5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.
The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.
Article 6 The benchmark price and fluctuation range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.
Article 7 The government shall extensively listen to the opinions of all sectors of society when formulating the charging standards for lawyers' services, and may hold hearings when necessary.
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 according to the average compensation cost of lawyer services, plus reasonable profits and statutory taxes.
Article 9 The fees for lawyer 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.
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.
Second, is the litigation fee for civil disputes settled through mediation halved?
If a civil dispute is settled through mediation, the legal fees shall be charged by half.
Measures for payment of litigation fees
Fifteenth cases closed by mediation or the parties apply for withdrawal of the case, the case acceptance fee will be paid by half.
In fact, China's legal system clearly stipulates that if the court tries a civil dispute and closes the case by mediation, the people's court shall charge the legal fees by half. As for the lawyer's fee, the standard of lawyer's fee is clearly stipulated in the power of attorney in advance, and the client needs to abide by the contract.