A contingency is something that might happen in the future. formal I need to examine all possible contingencies. Synonyms: possibility, happening, chance, event More Synonyms of contingency.
(a) Contract contingent charges, i.e. those for which a lump sum is allotted annually by Government within which the Government servant may incur expenditure as required without further sanction of any kind. They generally consist of charges the annual incidence of which can be averaged with reasonable accuracy.
Contingency refers to an event that may or may not occur in the future. In other words, it depends on fulfillment of a condition, which is uncertain or incidental.
The traditional objections to contingency fees are the employment of unethical concur to win cases and that these fees stir up litigation unnecessarily, however, the most modern limitations are prohibitions on the use of contingency fees in criminal litigation, divorce/marital/separation cases, the percentage of the ...
The average contingency rate falls between 20-40%, with most lawyers charging around 33% to 35% of the total amount recovered in a case. The exact percentage can vary depending on the complexity of the case, the lawyer's experience, and the stage at which the case is resolved.