What is the standard of lawyer's fee?
The standard of attorney fees varies according to different cases. The litigation expenses that the parties should pay to the people's court include the case acceptance fee; Application fee; Transportation expenses, accommodation expenses, living expenses and lost time expenses incurred by witnesses, expert witnesses, translators and adjusters when they appear in court on the date specified by the people's court. When a party conducts a civil lawsuit, it shall pay the case acceptance fee in accordance with the regulations. In addition to paying the case acceptance fee, property cases also pay other litigation fees in accordance with regulations. The legal fees shall be collected by the court and the lawyer's fees shall be collected by the law firm. Legal fees cannot include legal fees. The legal fees shall be borne by the losing party, and generally by the entrusting party, unless it is stipulated by law or agreed in the contract. Lawyer's fee is the fee paid to the law firm by the client who entrusts a lawyer to represent the lawsuit, and is supported by the client. Legal fees are generally paid by the losing party. The legal fees shall be charged on a case-by-case basis or according to the amount of property involved. If it is stipulated in some contracts that the lawyer's fee shall be borne by the losing party, you can claim the lawyer's fee from the other party. Lawyers have to charge fees in the name of their law firm, and the lawyer's fees are different from the funds for handling cases. The necessary expenses incurred by the lawyer in handling the entrusted matters shall still be borne by the client. Legal fees refer to the fees that should be paid by the parties when they bring a lawsuit to the people's court, including case acceptance fees and related litigation fees.
To sum up, according to the relevant laws and regulations, the litigation expenses include the case acceptance fee, application fee, and the transportation, accommodation, living expenses and lost time expenses incurred by witnesses, appraisers, translators and adjusters when they appear in court on the date specified by the court. Obviously, legal fees do not include legal fees. At the same time, the legal fees are charged by the court, while the lawyer's fees are charged by the lawyer, so the legal fees cannot include the lawyer's fees. The legal fees shall be borne by the losing party, but the attorney's fees shall generally be borne by the entrusting party, unless it is stipulated by law or agreed in the contract.
Legal basis:
Article 192nd of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Whoever illegally raises funds by fraudulent means for the purpose of illegal possession, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.