filing fees

The cost of legal services involves two components – a fee for the lawyer’s time worked on a case and the additional related costs and expenses. Even if a lawyer is retained on a contingency fee (where a client only pays for legal services only after winning a case), the client is still...

Any time you start a legal action, you will almost certainly be required to pay a fee - even filing for bankruptcy. In addition to administrative costs the government must bear such as having a court clerk make photocopies and file your documents, the filing fees are intended to discourage...