44That information, which may vary according to, on the one hand, the subject matter and nature of the services provided for in the contract for legal services and, on the other, the applicable rules of professional conduct, must include particulars that enable the consumer to assess the approximate total cost of those services. Such particulars might be an estimate of the expected number or minimum number of hours needed to provide a certain service, or a commitment to send, at reasonable intervals, bills or periodic reports indicating the number of hours worked. It is for the national court, as recalled in paragraph 38 of the present judgment, to assess, taking into account all the relevant factors surrounding the conclusion of that contract, whether the information provided by the seller or supplier before the conclusion of the contract enabled the consumer to take a prudent decision in full knowledge of the financial consequences of concluding the contract.
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