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Attorney's Fees PALE
Attorney's Fees PALE
e) The probability of losing other employment as a result of acceptance of the proffered case;
f) The customary charges for similar services and the schedule of fees of the IBP chapter to which
he belongs;
g) The amount involved in the controversy and the benefits resulting to the client from the services;
2. A contingent fee that is conditioned to the securing of a favorable judgment and recovery of
money or property and the amount of which may be on a percentage basis.
Attorney’s Fees
1. Ordinary attorney’s fee -the reasonable compensation paid to a lawyer by his client for the legal
services he has rendered to the latter. The basis for this compensation is the fact of his employment
by and his agreement with the client.
2. Extraordinary attorney’s fee – an indemnity for damages ordered by the court to be paid by the
losing party in litigation. The basis for this is any of the cases provided for by law where such award
can be made, such as those authorized in Article 2208 of the Civil Code, and is payable NOT to the
lawyer but to the client, unless they have agreed that the award shall pertain to the lawyer as
additional compensation or as part thereof.
2. Special Retainer – that is a fee for a specific case or service rendered by the lawyer for a client
Quantum Meruit –it means “as much as he deserves”, and is used as the basis for determining the
lawyer’s professional fees in the absence of a contract, but recoverable by him from his client.
Quantum Meruit is resorted to where:
1. there is no express contract for payment of attorney’s fees agreed upon between the lawyer and
the client;
2. When although there is a formal contract for attorney’s fees, the stipulated fees are found
unconscionable or unreasonable by the court.
3. When the contract for attorney’s fees is void due to purely formal matters or defects of execution
4. When the counsel, for justifiable cause, was not able to finish the case to its conclusion.
5. When lawyer and client disregard the contract for attorney’s fees.