Legal basis: Article 207 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the people's court retries the case according to the procedure of trial supervision, and the legally effective judgment or ruling is made by the court of first instance, and the case is tried according to the procedure of first instance. The parties may appeal. If a legally effective judgment or ruling is made by a court of second instance, it shall be tried in accordance with the procedure of second instance.
Article 12 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees prohibits the implementation of risk agency fees in criminal litigation cases, administrative litigation cases, state compensation cases and group litigation cases. The Regulation on Charges for Lawyers in Criminal Cases is the guiding opinion of the government price department.