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 amount or proportion, payment and settlement methods, dispute settlement methods, etc.
Where fees are charged by time, it shall be stipulated that lawyers have time rules for effective working hours of legal affairs. After signing a contract with the client, the law firm shall not change the charging items or increase the charging amount without authorization.