Legal fee refund procedure

As we all know, you need to pay legal fees when you bring a lawsuit to the court, but if you meet the relevant regulations, you can refund the legal fees. So, what is the process of refunding legal fees? In order to help you better understand the relevant legal knowledge, we have compiled the relevant contents. Let's have a look.

First of all, the process of handling legal fee refund.

The operating rules of litigation refund in local courts are different, and the provisions of local courts shall prevail. Some courts have realized online payment refund.

(1) The Business Department issues a refund notice and sends it to the parties together with the Application Form for Refund of Legal Fees.

(2) The parties shall fill in the Application Form for Refund of Legal Fees as required and return it to the business court.

(3) The business office shall sign the Application Form for Refund of Legal Fees and submit it to the Finance Department.

(four) the financial office to fill in the summary of the application for the refund of legal fees, and send it to the Municipal Finance Bureau.

(five) the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Treasury Department after the audit is correct, the funds transferred to our hospital. After the money arrives, it will be used for special purposes, and our hospital will remit money in time according to the payee account number on the application form.

2. What do you mean by legal fee refund?

Refund of legal fees means that the people's court will refund the legal fees paid by the parties in advance according to law but exceeding the actual amount, and return them to the parties in time through corresponding refund procedures.

The scope of legal fee refund includes:

(1) If the case is settled through mediation or the parties apply for withdrawing the lawsuit, the case acceptance fee will be refunded by half.

(two) the application of summary procedure to the case, the case acceptance fee will be refunded by half.

(three) before the end of the court investigation, if the amount of litigation request is reduced, the multi-request part shall be returned.

(4) In accordance with the provisions of Articles 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the Civil Procedure Law, all the legal fees for transferring or handing over a case shall be returned to the parties.

(5) If the prosecution is ruled not to be accepted or rejected, all the fees for accepting the case paid by the parties concerned shall be refunded. If the party concerned appeals against the decision not to accept or reject the prosecution, and the court of second instance upholds the decision of the court of first instance, it shall refund all the fees paid by the party concerned for accepting the case.

3. Is there a time limit for the court to refund the legal fees?

There is no time limit for the court to refund the legal fees, but it is recommended that the court apply for a refund after notification. Legal fees refer to the fees that should be paid by the parties when they bring a lawsuit to the people's court, including the fees for accepting the case and the expenses such as transportation, accommodation, living expenses and lost time allowance incurred by witnesses, appraisers, translators and adjusters when they appear in court on the date specified by the people's court.

The above is to introduce you in detail the relevant knowledge about the process of handling the refund of legal fees. Through reading the above contents, we can know that in order to refund legal fees, we must first meet the scope of legal fees refund. If you have any other legal questions, please feel free to consult. We will have a professional lawyer to answer your questions.