1. Who will pay the lawyer's fees for criminal cases?
1, attorney fees are generally borne by the parties themselves. When a lawyer undertakes business, the law firm accepts the entrustment in a unified way, signs a written entrustment contract with the client, collects fees in a unified way according to state regulations and records them truthfully, and the law firm and lawyers shall pay taxes according to law.
2. Legal basis:
Article 25 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that when a lawyer undertakes business, the law firm shall uniformly accept the entrustment, sign a written entrustment contract with the client, collect fees uniformly according to the provisions of the state and record them truthfully.
Law firms and lawyers shall pay taxes according to law.
According to Article 40 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a lawyer shall not commit any of the following acts in his practice:
(1) Accepting entrustment, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from the client without permission;
(two) to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties by taking advantage of providing legal services;
(3) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client;
(4) Meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations;
(5) bribing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes, or otherwise influencing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members to handle cases according to law.
Second, do criminal cases require lawyers?
If there are conditions for a criminal case, it is best to entrust a lawyer to handle it. Now, China has begun to pilot full coverage of criminal defense. If you don't have the conditions, you can apply for a legal aid lawyer.
Criminal defense is a process, including three stages: investigation, examination, prosecution and retrial. Defenders have different functions in these three stages.
1. Defenders can provide legal aid to criminal suspects at the investigation stage; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures;
2, review and prosecution stage can consult, extract and copy the file materials;
3. Pre-trial meetings at the trial stage, preparations for the trial, etc.
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