Editing Contingent fee (section)

===South Africa===
Contingent fees have been allowed in [[South Africa]] since 1997, as discussed by K. G. Druker in "The law of contingency fees in South Africa".<ref>{{cite book|author=K. G. Druker |url=https://openlibrary.org/b/OL16446791M/law_of_contingency_fees_in_South_Africa |title=The law of contingency fees in South Africa |year=2007 |publisher=Open Library |isbn=9780620385398 |ol=16446791M |access-date=2011-11-08}}</ref>

Any fees higher than the normal fees of the legal practitioner concerned may not exceed such normal fees by more than 100%. However, in claims sounding in money, the total of any such success fee payable by the client to the legal practitioner may not exceed 25% of the total amount awarded or any amount obtained by the client in consequence of the proceedings concerned, which may not, for the purposes of calculating such excess, include any costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=71713 |title=Republic of South Africa: Contingency Fees Bill |publisher=Info.gov.za |access-date=2013-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132131/http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=71713 |archive-date=2012-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>