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conditional fee

noun

in respect of certain claims, a lawyer may enter into a conditional fee agreement with a client that makes any fee conditional upon success in the case. Such a fee is not linked to any damages recovered, only to the lawyer's hourly chargesThe supermodel's law firm was hired on a conditional fee basis for her successful privacy challenge to the newspaper over her drug treatment.