El documento original, publicado por la editorial Europea de Derecho bajo el título Baremo de honorarios dos colexios de avogados de Galicia , consta de aproximadamente 61 páginas. Se divide en varios bloques fundamentales:
El Tribunal Superior de Xustiza de Galicia se ha pronunciado en varias ocasiones:
El baremo permite incrementos por:
To understand the importance of the 2001 scale, one must first understand the concept of the baremo in Spanish legal culture. Unlike some common law jurisdictions where fees are purely a matter of contract between lawyer and client, Spain has a long tradition of "orientative" scales established by Bar Associations ( Colegios de Abogados ).