INFORMATION FOR CLIENTS
Regulations for provision of legal services and conditions for terminating a contract for the provision of legal services under the Legal Profession Act (Act. No. 85/1996. Coll., hereinafter the "Act"):
The client undertakes to cooperate fully with us and to provide promptly all information known or available (including written and digital material) to us that is relevant to our representation as well as truthful and complete clarification of said materials, to allow for due legal counsel as per the contract for legal assistance.
The attorney-at-law shall be obliged to refuse to provide legal services if:
- he has provided his legal services in the same or a related case to someone else whose interests are contrary to the interests of the client,
- a person whose interests are contrary to the client’s requesting legal services has been provided legal services in the same or a related case by a lawyer with whom the lawyer practices law jointly (§ 11 Section 1 of the Act); or, in the case of an employed lawyer, by a lawyer who is his employer, or by a lawyer who is an employee of the same employer,
- he possesses information on another or earlier client which may bear unlawful benefits for the person applying for the provision of legal services,
- he, or a person close to him, has participated in the proceedings (Participation in the proceedings shall not mean the provision of legal services by the lawyer or persons under § 2 S 2 z§ 2 Section 2 of the Act),
- the interests of the person requesting legal services are contrary to the interests of the lawyer or a person close to the lawyer.
The attorney-at-law shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract to provide legal services:
- if the fiduciary relationship between him and his client has been impaired,
- if the client fails to cooperate,
- if the client insists that the lawyer follow his orders although the client has been informed that such orders are contrary to the law or to professional rules,
- if his client fails to advance a reasonable portion of the fee for the provision of legal services although the lawyer has so requested.
The client may terminate the contract for the provision of legal services at any time, for any or no reason. Termination is effective upon delivery to the attorney-at-law.
Unless a lawyer and his client agree otherwise, or the client takes another measure, the lawyer shall be obliged, within 15 days after the contract, to provide legal services ceased to exist due to the withdrawal or other reasons, to take all necessary actions not to cause harm to his client’s rights or legitimate interests. This rule does not apply if the client notifies his lawyer that he does not insist on the fulfilment of that duty.
The authority of settlement of consumer disputes in the area of dispute between the attorney-at-law and consumer contracts for the provision of legal services is the Czech Bar Association: www.cak.cz
