Legal Question in Consumer Law in India

advocate charging % of property value as fee component

My advocate is fighting a case for me against a realtor for getting the land registration at our prefered land.

After taking periodical payment for over a year, he charged an exhorbitant fee of Rs.2 Lakhs as his fee (He says all the earlier payments were for expenses. He didnt give any receipts for my payment nor any explanation on how they were spent) based on calculation that his fee is 10% of the market value of land for whose registration he is fighting the case. He says it is the normal way of charing the fee. I paid only 4.5 lakhs for the land and now I find his demand for 2 Lakhs as the fee, even before the court hearing is putting me in a difficult situation. I asked him to provide a list of services for which I wanted to make the payment instead of linki ng to % of notional Property Value. He sent me a legal notice putting many fee components and threatened to file a case against me. Now I need to deal this person rather than my case against the realtor. Please advise on how can I respond to him. I feel charging a fee as % of property value is not correct. please clarify.


Asked on 6/22/09, 7:31 am

3 Answers from Attorneys
Sudershan Goel India Law Offices of Sudershan Goel - Advocate

Re: advocate charging % of property value as fee component

The lawyer's fee is a matter of mutual settlement and should be settled before start of case by the lawer.

A lawyer may not be entitled to charge arbitrarily without first reaching an agreement with the client.

You may take up the matter with the concerned Bar Council and/or the Bar Association, withdraw the case from the lawyer and consider engaging another advocate after reaching an agreement about the charges.

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Answered on 6/22/09, 11:59 pm
Rohini Kumar Tenneti R.K.1080 LEGAL SERVICES

Re: advocate charging % of property value as fee component

You may refer the entire dialogue to the conerned state Bar council for a settlement.

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Answered on 6/23/09, 5:16 am
Fahri Toga TOGA//OKSUZ

Re: advocate charging % of property value as fee component

We think that we can help you to solve your affairs forthwith, please send us your documents or write an detailed e-mail in order to notify the circumstance. We checked over the documents thereafter, we will return your added phone number,e-mail or address,as soon as.

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Answered on 6/23/09, 6:12 am


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