According to the law on advocacy, the client is entitled to terminate the contract for the provision of legal services at any time, even without stating a reason. Within the contract for the provision of legal services, a notice period can be stipulated for the case of termination by the client, which, however, must not be longer than three months. Unless the lawyer agrees otherwise with the client or the client takes other measures, the lawyer is obliged, for a period of 15 days from the day when the contract for the provision of legal services ceased on the basis of termination, to take all urgent actions so that the client does not suffer damage to his rights or legitimate interests. This does not apply if the client informs the lawyer that he does not insist on the fulfillment of this obligation.
The Czech Bar Association was authorized on February 5, 2016 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic for out-of-court resolution of consumer disputes in the area of disputes between a lawyer and a consumer from Contracts for the Provision of Legal Services (based on Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection, as amended). The website of this authorized entity is Czech Bar Association.
The lawyer is an obliged person under Act No. 253/2008 Coll., on certain measures against the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity and financing of terrorism, as amended, and under this act is obliged to carry out measures under this act and other regulations, inter alia, to carry out client identification and control. For this purpose, he is obliged to process personal data for the purposes of preventing the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity and financing of terrorism as follows.
All first names and surnames, birth number and if not assigned date of birth, address of permanent residence, place of birth, gender, citizenship; if it is a self-employed natural person, also its business name, distinguishing addition or other designation, registered office and identification number of the person.
For a period of 10 years after the transaction is carried out.
Fulfillment of legal obligations in the area of combating the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity and financing of terrorism.
Recording, making copies of documents, making copies of documents, evaluation, archiving.
For the processing of personal data see Protection of Personal Data.
In the case where no other type of fee is agreed with the lawyer, the so-called out-of-contract fee applies. The amount of the out-of-contract fee is determined by Decree of the Ministry of Justice No. 177/1996 Coll., on lawyers' fees and reimbursements of lawyers for the provision of legal services (lawyers' tariff). The text of this decree is available, for example, on the website of the Czech Bar Association.