Legal basis: Article 3 of the 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.
Measures for the Administration of Fees for Lawyers' Services Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be subject to government-guided prices and market-regulated prices.
Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Charges Article 5 Law firms shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the 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.
"Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees" Article 6 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.
"Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees" Article 9 The fees for lawyers' 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 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees can be charged according to different service contents, such as piecework fees, fees in proportion to the amount of the bid, 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.