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Is a lawyer worth itfor what is at stake?

In two minutes you will know whether we would take your matter and what it would cost to pursue it.

It is free and needs no sign-up. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

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Tool

PASSAS://legal-tools/la-balanzaSLOTS 0/5

Set the amount and pick one weight per slot. What is at stake lands on the left pan; our fees, on the right. What comes on top (procurador, expert, expenses and VAT) does not weigh on the scales, but it does appear on the ticket.

Five slots and two minutes. Nothing is stored or sent.

AT STAKE–
FEES–
Two-pan scales
FEES / AMOUNT–

House rule: the scales balance when our fees are exactly 20% of what is at stake. Above that, we do not take the engagement up front.

01. How much is at stake?

€

02. Is it only money?

03. Is there litigation?

04. Is it a simple case?

05. Is there anything to calculate?

4 slots left

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How it decides

The scales weigh only two things: what is at stake and what it costs to go after it.

The threshold

Below €2,000, Spanish law requires neither lawyer nor procurador in small claims, and the scales tell you so. Between €2,000 and €10,000 the case is real, but it falls below our litigation threshold, and a local practice will handle it better and for less. The only exception is something at stake that matters more than the money, and we decide that with the case in front of us.

The proportion

We set a cap: our fees should not exceed 20% of what is at stake. Put another way, we only litigate when what is at stake is worth at least five times what we charge. When the fees sit around that line, the matter is decided with the case in front of us.

The cost

The fee pan starts from our published minimums: €600 out of court, €2,000 on the small claims track and €3,000 on the ordinary track, plus an adjustment if the case is complex. The procurador, the expert, foreseeable expenses and VAT do not weigh on the scales, because they are not fees, but the ticket adds them on top so you see the full outlay. The result is an estimate. The fixed price comes in the engagement letter.

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Questions

What people ask us about this tool

Does the tool store my data?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser.

Is the result a quote?

No. It is an estimate based on our minimums; the fixed price is set in the engagement letter.

Do the figures include VAT?

Fees are shown without VAT, as in our fee policy. The ticket adds it on top at 21%, because the client always pays it.

What if what is at stake is not only money?

Mark it in slot 02. The scales add weight for what the number cannot hold, and that case is assessed in a Virtual Consultation.

Why do you not take matters under €10,000?

With the 20% cap, the fees would not allow us to work the matter the way we work.

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