Jogi Fórum: Unrecoverable lawyers’ fees – who pays the successful party’s lawyer? Expert advice on calculating costs
2022. 12. 01.
The analysis reviews the practical challenges of bearing litigation costs and the risks of judicial fee reduction, with targeted advice on calculating costs in advance.
The article examines one of the greatest uncertainties facing successful clients: the judicial recovery of lawyers’ fees. Dr. Zoltán Dobos analyses in detail Hungarian practice, where the courts’ discretion often produces a gap between the actual market fee and the amount payable by the unsuccessful party. The summary not only flags the risks, but also offers strategic guidance for planning costs consciously, so that clients can make well-founded decisions, legally and economically, before litigation begins.
