The new legislative measures that are currently in effect in Italy make it more difficult for lawyers to carry out debt recovery practices, due to the non-payment of professional services.

Following the abrogation of legal professional tariffs (art. 9 par. 1 of the Italian law Decree on January 24, 2012 n.1, it was converted to the Italian law that dates March 24, 2012 n. 27), the lawyer fees are relative to expenses and professional services sustained, with underwriting on behalf of the lawyer and opinion of the authorized professional association.

It has lost the characteristic of providing evidential certainty of the debt therein reported, making it necessary, also for the lawyer, to prove the debt owed to him in writing according to art. 633 n. 1 of the Civil Italian Procedural Code.

The mandate of appointment, first undersigned by the client, with the indication of the necessary fees to carry out the legal activities, currently constitutes the most used form of documentation proof utilized by lawyers to comply with the regulations contained in the aforementioned art. 633 par. 1 c.p.c..