General terms and conditions
The practice invoices legal fees intended to cover the totality of its costs (personnel,
tax and social contributions, rents, miscellaneous costs…) and to ensure correct
remuneration for its member lawyers and employees.
Furthermore, it invoices sundry expenses (record management facilities, travel expenses,
telephone, photocopies, mail…).
Lastly, it also invoices, when applicable, the cost of any advanced payments that
it may undertake on behalf of its clients (bailiffs’ fees, registrars, hearing fees,
etc…) in addition the fixed fees.
As far as these expenses (that are qualified as legal costs) are concerned, they
are generally incurred to the party which loses the case in order that they can
be invoiced to the adversary and not to the client.
However, if the adversary does not pay these costs, the law firm can recover these
sums due from their own client.
In the event of appeal, the costs incurred by first instance proceedings are invoiced
to the client who will recover them, in that event, from the adversary if they are
incurred upon him by the Appeals’ Court.