Increased compensation for Legal Aid Officers

When participating in litigation, Legal Aid Officers are entitled to a case allowance equal to 40% of the allowance applied to lawyers providing legal aid at the request of the State.

When performing non-litigation representation or mediation, Legal Aid Officers are entitled to a case allowance equal to 20% of the allowance applied to lawyers performing legal aid at the request of the State.

This is one of the new regulations in Decree No. 80/2015/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP dated February 5, 2013 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 07/2007/ND-CP dated January 12, 2007 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Legal Aid. These new regulations take effect from November 10, 2015.

According to current regulations in Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP, when participating in litigation, performing non-litigation representation, mediation, Legal Aid Officers are only entitled to case compensation equal to 20% of the compensation level applicable to collaborators.

Another content amended and supplemented in Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP is the regime for collaborators providing legal aid. According to the new regulation, collaborators are entitled to compensation according to the legal aid case they have performed based on the number of hours of legal advice and other forms of legal aid. Compensation according to working sessions (1/2 working day) is applied to legal aid cases performed by collaborators in the form of participating in litigation and representing outside litigation.

In case of providing legal aid in the form of participating in litigation, the compensation paid to the lawyer providing legal aid at the request of the State is 500,000 VND/1 working session or a lump sum per case with a minimum of 03 months of basic salary and a maximum of 10 months of basic salary (depending on the nature and content of the case).

According to Infonet