counsel fee
Lawyer's fee, that is, lawyer's agency fee, refers to the remuneration that lawyers should charge for representing law firms for clients. According to different service contents, lawyers' service fees can be charged on a case-by-case basis, in proportion to the bid amount and by time. Lawyers' service fees are subject to government guidance and market adjustment.
meaning
Lawyer's fee, that is, lawyer's agency fee, refers to the remuneration that lawyers should charge for representing law firms for clients.
Charging method
The lawyer's service fee can be determined by the lawyer and the client through consultation according to different service contents, and usually adopts piecework fee, proportional fee and time fee.
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.
When a law firm handles civil cases involving property relations, if the client still asks for risk agency after being informed of the government's guidance price, the risk agency fee may be implemented, except for the following circumstances:
(1) Marriage and inheritance cases;
(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;
(3) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony, alimony, pension, relief fund and compensation for work-related injuries;
(4) Request for payment of labor remuneration, etc.
Charge basis
Lawyers' service fees are subject to government guidance and market adjustment.
Government guidance price
A law firm shall provide the following legal services according to law and implement government-guided prices:
(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.
Among them, the benchmark price and floating 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.
Market-regulated price
The fees for lawyer services with 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.