What are the charges for legal fees?
Lawsuit fee charges vary according to the case. The parties shall pay to the people's court litigation costs include case acceptance fee; application fee; witnesses, appraisers, interpreters, adjusters in the people's court on the date specified by the people's court to appear in the transportation costs, accommodation costs, living expenses and allowances for lost wages. Parties conducting civil litigation shall pay the case acceptance fee in accordance with the regulations. In addition to the case acceptance fee, property cases shall pay other litigation expenses in accordance with the regulations. Litigation fees are charged by the court, and attorney's fees are charged by the law firm; litigation fees may not include attorney's fees. Litigation costs are borne by the losing party, attorney's fees are generally borne by the client, unless there are legal provisions or contractual agreements. Attorney's fees are the fees paid to the law firm by the party entrusting the lawyer to represent the litigation and are supported by the client. Litigation costs, on the other hand, are generally paid by the losing party. Litigation costs are charged on a per-piece basis or according to the amount of property involved in the case. Some contracts stipulate that attorney's fees are to be borne by the losing party, and attorney's fees may be claimed from the other party. Lawyers should be in the name of the law firm unified collection of fees, attorney's fees are different from the case of funds, lawyers to deal with the commissioned things necessary expenses must still be borne by the client. The litigation fee is the party to the people's court for the litigation process should pay the fee, including case acceptance fee and related litigation costs.
In summary, according to the relevant provisions of the law, the litigation costs include the case acceptance fee, application fee and witnesses, experts, interpreters, adjusters in the court on the date specified by the court and the transportation costs, accommodation costs, living expenses and allowances for lost wages. Obviously, litigation costs do not include attorney's fees. At the same time, litigation costs are charged by the court, while attorney's fees are charged by the attorney, so the litigation costs may not include attorney's fees either. Litigation costs are borne by the losing party, but attorney's fees are generally borne by the client, unless there is a legal provision or contractual agreement.
Legal basis:
"Chinese people's **** and state lawyers law" article 18
Establishment of law firms, shall be to the district of the municipal people's government of the city or municipality directly under the central government of the judicial administrative department to apply, the department accepting the application shall, within twenty days from the date of acceptance shall be examined, and will review the opinions and all the application materials sent to the provincial, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central The judicial administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the central government. The judicial administrative department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the central government shall examine the application within ten days from the date of receipt of the materials submitted and make a decision on whether or not to authorize the establishment. Permitted to set up, to the applicant issued by the law firm practice certificate; not permitted to set up, to the applicant written reasons.