Legal analysis: the fees charged by law firms for providing the following legal services according to law are subject to government guidance: (1) Being the defender of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases and the litigation agent of private prosecutors and victims in criminal cases; (2) Acting as an agent for civil and administrative litigation in which citizens request to pay labor remuneration and compensation for work-related injuries, alimony, maintenance, pension and relief, social insurance or minimum living allowance, and acting as an agent for group litigation cases involving public interests such as safety accidents, environmental pollution, compensation (compensation) for land acquisition and demolition; (3) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases; (4) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases. In addition to the above-mentioned lawyer services, the fees charged by other lawyers, including lawyers as legal advisers, arbitration agents, acting as agents for case execution and appeal (referring to the appeal activities before retrial), answering legal advice, writing legal documents, handling special legal affairs and other non-litigation legal affairs, are subject to market adjustment. The specific amount and method of fees shall be determined by the law firm and the client through consultation.
Legal basis: Article 3 of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees follows 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.
Twenty-sixth price departments at all levels should strengthen supervision and inspection of the fees charged by law firms. If a law firm or lawyer commits one of the following price violations, the competent price department of the government shall impose administrative penalties in accordance with the Price Law and the Provisions on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations:
(1) Failing to announce the management measures and charging standards for lawyer services in accordance with the provisions;
(two) the implementation of the government guidance price in advance or later;
(three) beyond the scope or range of government guidance fees;
(four) through the decomposition of fees, repeated fees, expand the scope of the way to raise fees in disguise;
(five) unfair competition at a cost significantly lower than the cost;
(6) Other price violations.