legal
word of the day: a CONTINGENCY-
FEE (US)
honorarium
dla prawnika wypłacane pod warunkiem wygrania przez niego sprawy
a fee
charged for legal services which is payable
only if the lawsuit is successful or is favorably settled out of court
other
names with a similar meaning:
a CONTINGENT FEE
a CONDITIONAL FEE (UK)
(1)
But when a plaintiffs’ lawyer makes
the wrong call and files a bad case, the free market punishes her dearly by way
of the contingency fee model.
(2)
The plaintiffs’ lawyer’s practice is built upon the contingency-fee model. The lawyer’s fee is
contingent upon recovering compensation
for the plaintiff.
(3)
The majority of personal injury
attorneys charge a flat "contingency" fee for
their services. This amounts to 33 percent of the pre-tax value of a given
case's judgment or settlement.
PAYABLE
– należna (a sum of money is said to be payable when a person is under an
obligation to pay it)
to
SETTLE OUT OF COURT – doprowadzić do ugody pozasądowej (for the opposing parties
to reach an agreement without taking the case to court)
a PLAINTIFF
– powód (a claimant, someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else
in court)
to RECOVER COMPENSATION – uzyskać odszkodowanie
(to receive/ get money in exchange for something
that has been lost or damaged)
a
PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY – adwokat specjalizujący się w sprawach o
odszkodowanie za uszczerbek na zdrowiu (a lawyer who provides legal
representation to those who claim to have been injured, physically or
psychologically, as a result of the negligence or wrongdoing of another person,
company, government agency, or other entity)
a
FLAT FEE – stała, niezmienna opłata (a fixed fee)
a
JUDGEMENT – wyrok, orzeczenie (a decision by a court or other tribunal that
resolves a controversy and determines the rights and obligations of the
parties.
a SETTLEMENT
– ugoda (an arrangement to end a disagreement, without taking it to a court of
law)
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