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What is the cost of prosecution?
Prosecution generally requires the following expenses: 1, legal fees for the court, agency fees for entrusted lawyers, appraisal fees for relevant departments, inquiry fees, and so on.

If you win the case, you generally only need to bear the agency fee of the entrusted lawyer. If you handle it yourself, you can save the lawyer's fee. Other legal fees submitted to the court, appraisal fees of relevant departments, inquiry fees, etc. Usually borne by the losing party.

1. Who will pay the prosecution fee?

1, the legal costs are generally borne by the losing party. If the case is partially won or partially lost, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation costs borne by the parties according to the specific circumstances of the case. * * * If the parties lose the case, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation expenses to be borne by each party according to the interest relationship between the parties and the litigation object.

2. Legal basis: Article 29 of the Measures for Payment of Litigation Fees.

The litigation costs shall be borne by the losing party, unless the winning party voluntarily bears them. If the case is partially won or partially lost, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation costs borne by the parties according to the specific circumstances of the case. * * * If the parties lose the case, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation expenses to be borne by each party according to the interest relationship between the parties and the litigation object.

Second, who will bear the legal costs?

Attorney's fees are generally paid by the party requesting to hire a lawyer, except for the following circumstances:

1. The lawyer's fees for traffic accident cases can be borne by the other party;

2. Both parties clearly stipulate in the contract that the lawyer's fees shall be borne by the losing party or in some intellectual property cases such as trademark rights and patent rights. In the complaint, the plaintiff asked the defendant to bear the lawyer's fees for investigating and stopping the infringement;

3. Laws and judicial interpretations clearly stipulate that the losing party shall bear the reasonable attorney fees of the winning party.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Measures of the People's Court on Litigation Fees: The case acceptance fee shall be borne by the losing party, and the responsibilities of both parties shall be shared by both parties. * * * If the parties lose the case, the people's court shall decide the amount they should bear according to their respective interests in the subject matter of the lawsuit.