8/16/2019 Contingency Fees

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• Contingency Fees : This means that the lawyer can take apercentage of the compensation amount.

• Class Actions :Many people can come together and sue somebody.• Discovery : Lawyers can come to your premise and discover relateddocuments and use them to sue you.

• Jury Trials : Generally use in criminal trials,but in the ! they are used forbusiness litigation too.• Punitive Damages : "f you in#ure me, " ll sue you $get compensation%,but if you do it with a criminal conduct the court slaps a punitive fees i.e acharge for malicious conduct, that goes to the plaintiff.• &American Rule” (on attorney fees) :The loser side does not have paythe attorney fees . "f the lawyer had agreed for contingency fees and loses,he will not be paid anything.

There is a very low barrier to entry in the ! #udicial system, if you see thecontingency and 'merican (ule clauses.The combination of all these features makes litigations more popular in the

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)ut there are many other differences in the manner of working of the #udiciary in the two countries. !ome are as follows**