Lasse Juhani Lehtinen

The purpose of this research is to compare the rights and duties of a legal counsel in legal aid cases. The main principle concerning the rights and duties of the counsel is that there must be a balance between these rights and duties. The counsel has a right to charge a reasonable fee for legal work in the case, and has a duty to carry out this work with such care expected of a professional lawyer. The counsel's duty must be to act in a way that benefits the client and ensures his or her rights. This dissertation focuses on the question of how the rights of the counsel to reasonable remuneration for necessary actions, lost time and expenses are actually realised. A comparison is made of the ways in which the principles of reasonable fee compensation for necessary actions is realised in chargeable cases, when courts have determined what amount the losing party is ordered to pay to cover the winning party's legal costs. Tutkimus selvittää oikeusapulain tai rikosoikeudenkäyntilain nojalla määrätyn asianajo- tai lakiasintoimiston yksityisen avustajan oikeuksia ja velvollisuuksia oikeudenkäyntitoimeksi-annoissa. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan oikeusaputoimeksiannon avustajan oikeuksien ja velvollisuuksien suhdetta sekä erityisesti sitä, ovatko oikeusaputoimeksiantojen avustajien oikeudet ja velvollisuudet tasapainossa keskenään.