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Attorneys Engagement Contract
Attorneys Engagement Contract
This contract is executed and entered into this ___________________________, Cebu City,
Philippines, by and between:
-and-
WITNESSETH:
That the Second Party is hereby engaged by the First Party to represent him/her in the aforesaid
case and that it is hereby understood that upon the plea of the First Party for reasons of financial hardship,
the Second party agrees to accept the case on contingent basis and shoulder the expenses in the
prosecution of the aforesaid cases in view of the First Party’s financial constraints;
That for and in consideration of the foregoing services the Second Party shall perform in favor of
the First Party, the latter hereby agrees to give to the Second Party contingent attorney’s fees at the rate of:
50% if case reaches the Court of Appeals and up to the execution stage of the case,
of his/her monetary award that maybe recovered in a settlement or execution proceedings by way of
contingent attorney’s fees and litigation expenses.
That the First Party cannot withdraw or settle their complaints without the express consent of the
Second Party pursuant to the Special Power of Attorney executed by herein parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, both parties have hereunto affixed their signatures this
_______________________, Cebu City, Philippines.
______________________ _________________________________
BEFORE ME, a notary public for the cities and province of Cebu, this __________________ in
Cebu City, Philippines, personally appeared the above-named persons with their competent evidence of
identities and they are known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument
consisting of two (2) pages including the page where this acknowledgment is written and they
acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.
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Book No. 1;
Series of 2019.
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