Section 40, The Legal Practitioners Act, 2000 THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (C ODE OF C ONDUCT) R ULES , 2010

(1) A legal practitioner shall be remunerated for workwhich he undertakes. (2) Refreshers, if any, shall be agreed before the hearing and may, be marked on the brief. (3) A legal practitioner may undertake to represent any person, authority or organization for a fixed salary; and he may accept a fixed fee for advising over a fixed period. (4) When a brief has been accepted with knowledge of its contents and other matters relevant to the fee, no request shall be made for the fee to be increased unless circumstances arise which increase substantially the burden and responsibility on the legal practitioner concerned; but where an increase of the original fee is considered to be justified the client shall be so informed without delay (5) A legal practitioner shall not accept a brief or instructions on terms that payment of fees shall depend upon or be related to a contingency. (6) Nothing in sub-rule (5) shall prevent a legal practitioner from accepting payment of his fees by installments and payment of interest on his fees as agreed or allowed on taxation.