Suggestions can be made as follows: In view of the expiration of the implementation period of the Notice of the Provincial Price Bureau and the Provincial Department of Justice on Re-establishing the charging standards for lawyers' services in Anhui Province (Wanjiafu [20 10]No. 18), in order to further standardize the charging behavior of lawyers' services and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of clients and lawyers, according to the Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Justice on Printing and Distributing (development and reform)
I. See Annex for the items and standards of lawyers' service charges subject to government-guided prices. A law firm may, according to the local economic and social development, the difficulty of the case, the lawyer's social reputation, service ability, possible risks and responsibilities and the client's ability to pay, negotiate with the client to determine the specific charging standards within the prescribed scope. Lawyers act as legal advisers, represent arbitration, represent case execution and appeal (referring to appeal activities before retrial), answer legal advice, write legal affairs documents, handle special legal affairs and other non-litigation legal affairs, and the price is regulated by the market. The specific amount and method of fees shall be determined by the law firm and the client through consultation.
Second, the charging standard stipulated in the annex is subject to the client's hiring a lawyer. If the client employs more than two lawyers, the law firm may charge fees by piece or by time according to the number of lawyers hired.
3. Lawyers who handle criminal, civil and administrative cases (including cases of second instance, retrial and retrial) and state compensation cases with complicated cases, take a long time, and have great influence may negotiate with clients to increase the amount of fees, but the maximum amount shall not exceed 5 times of the upper limit of fees stipulated in this article (except risk agency fees). The criteria for determining major, difficult and complicated cases and related measures shall be formulated separately by the Provincial Lawyers Association, and published after being submitted to the Provincial Price Bureau and the Provincial Justice Department for examination and filing.
Four, to handle foreign-related or Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-related legal affairs, law firms should refer to the representative offices of foreign or Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan law firms in China to handle similar legal affairs.
Five, lawyers handling legal aid cases, law firms shall not charge any fees to the recipients. For clients who are unemployed, urban and rural residents, rural "five guarantees" and key special care recipients, the disabled, etc. who do not meet the requirements of legal aid, and who suffer losses in the line of duty and ask for compensation (except due to accidents), or who ask for maintenance, support and alimony, or who have real difficulties in life such as labor insurance, labor remuneration, pensions and relief funds, the law firm may reduce or exempt the lawyer's service fees as appropriate.
Six, the law firm shall go through the formalities for changing the service price registration certificate to the competent price department at the same level, produce the charging voucher, and publicize the management measures and charging standards of lawyer services in a prominent position in the charging place, and accept the supervision of the competent price department and the society.
7. This article shall come into force on February 4th, 20 13, with a term of 3 years, and shall be re-formulated according to the actual situation after the expiration. The Notice of the Provincial Price Bureau and the Department of Justice on Re-formulating the charging standards for lawyers' services in Anhui Province (Wan Jiafu 10) shall be abolished at the same time.
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