When a court decides someone is "indigent" - with few assets and no funds to pay an attorney - generally either a private lawyer will be appointed by the court and paid with county funds, or a public defender program will be appointed to represent the person.
A recent study shows that approximately 80 percent of low-income individuals cannot afford legal assistance. The middle class struggles, too: a study shows that "forty to sixty percent of their legal needs go unmet."Dec 3, 2017
Provision for Fighting One's Own Case as per Advocate's Act. Section 32 of the Advocate's Act clearly mentions, the court may allow any person to appear before it even if he is not an advocate. Therefore, one gets the statutory right to defend one's own case through Advocate Act in India.Jan 28, 2017
A retainer fee is then paid to secure the law firm's availability, typically in the form of a monthly fee calculated according to your legal needs and the law firm's usual hourly fee.Jul 22, 2015