Procedimiento para el cobro de honorarios profesionales en la legislación ecuatoriana.

Abstract

The central problem of the present work deals with the right of collection of unpaid fees that lawyers have in the free exercise of their profession. Considering that professional fees are understood as an economic consideration received by the professional for the services rendered to a third party, without a relationship of dependence with the client, two assumptions were resolved, the first, which are the substantive rules that support and establish the requirements of the right of collection, and the second, what is the applicable procedure for the collection of professional fees, in the case of lawyers. After the analysis of the hypothetical case proposed for this research work, it was determined that legal professionals may freely agree on professional fees and in the event that they are not paid, a collection action may be brought through the payment order procedure.