Step by step
Agree the fees on a matter
Record how a matter is charged, hourly, fixed, capped, staged, by monthly retainer or by the Remuneration Order's scale, and Kila bills to that agreement.
A fee agreement says how one matter is charged. Until there is one, the matter’s Fee agreement says: “Time is charged at the rate tables until fees are agreed.” For a sale or purchase of land, Kila works the scale fee out from the price.
Open Fee agreements
Go to Fees and client money › Billing and tap Fee agreements: “How each matter is charged, and the monthly retainers.” Tap Agree fees.
Choose the matter
Type part of its number or name and choose it. “How the matter is charged. A new agreement replaces the one before; stages not reached are cancelled.”
Choose how the fees are charged
Under How the fees are charged, choose Hourly, Fixed fee, Capped fee, Staged (milestones), Monthly retainer or Scale fee (Remuneration Order). Each asks for what it needs, such as the Cap (the most the fees may come to), the Stages, or the Monthly fee and the Hours it includes a month.
For a scale fee, give the value
Choose the Scale, such as Sale or purchase of land (Schedule 1), and give the Value: for this scale, the price. Leave Fee agreed, if not the scale’s empty to charge the scale. Add a Deposit asked for if you want one: it is “Held as client money until a fee note is delivered.”
Tap Agree
Kila says, for example, FA-00009: scale fee (remuneration order) agreed.
Check the agreement
The matter is listed with how it is charged and what Kila worked out, such as Scale fee (Remuneration Order): KES 163,000.00 on a price of KES 9,200,000, with what is billed and not yet billed against it.
The law says
The dialog says: “A contingency fee (paid only if the suit succeeds, or a share of what is recovered in a contentious matter) is void under the Advocates Act (Cap. 16), section 46. Agree hourly, fixed, capped, staged, retainer or scale fees.” The scale names its source: “Advocates (Remuneration) (Amendment) Order, 2014 (L.N. 35 of 2014). Confirm against the Order before relying on it.”
The fee is to be less than the scale
Link to this section: The fee is to be less than the scaleType it in Fee agreed, if not the scale’s: “Below the scale needs the reason and a partner’s approval.” Kila then asks Why less than the scale.
The agreement has to stop
Link to this section: The agreement has to stopOpen the matter’s Time and billing tab, then Fee agreement, and tap End: “Stages not reached are cancelled; time goes back to the rate tables.” The matter then shows No fee agreement again. Agree new fees there replaces the agreement instead.
- Issue a fee note: billing to the agreement.
- Partner: who agrees the fees.