Increase the remuneration for legal aid assistants.

When participating in litigation, legal aid assistants are entitled to a case-based compensation equal to 40% of the compensation rate applied to lawyers providing legal aid at the request of the State.

Furthermore, when providing representation outside of litigation or mediation, legal aid assistants are entitled to a case-based compensation equal to 20% of the compensation rate applied to lawyers providing 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 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 came into effect on November 10, 2015.

According to current regulations in Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP, when participating in litigation, acting as a representative outside of litigation, or mediating, legal aid assistants are only entitled to a case-based compensation rate equal to 20% of the rate applied to collaborators.

Another provision amended and supplemented in Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP is the remuneration for collaborators providing legal aid. According to the new regulations, collaborators are entitled to compensation based on the number of hours spent providing legal advice and other forms of legal aid. Compensation based on half a working day (1/2 working day) applies to legal aid cases handled by collaborators through participation in litigation or representation outside of litigation.

In cases where legal aid is provided through participation in litigation, the remuneration paid to lawyers providing legal aid at the request of the State is VND 500,000 per session or a lump sum per case, with a minimum amount equal to 3 months of the basic salary and a maximum amount equal to 10 months of the basic salary (depending on the nature and content of the case).

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