According to the rules of the court, the identity of the person appearing in court must be checked, so if the plaintiff appears in court himself, he must show the original ID card. If a lawyer appears in court and the plaintiff does not appear in court, the plaintiff generally does not need to provide the original ID card, but some courts may also investigate the identity of the litigants, so it is still possible to provide the original ID card.
Lawyers, different from ancient litigators and lawyers, refer to practitioners who have obtained lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or designation, and provided legal services to clients.
According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers, according to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers, according to the client and work status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers.
Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business. The basic characteristics of the lawyer profession are. Have the necessary legal expertise. To provide legal services as its function. Protected and managed by the state.
Article 2 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which was revised at the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth NPC on June 28th, 2007 and came into effect on June 28th, 2008, states: "Lawyers as mentioned in this Law refer to practitioners who have obtained lawyer's practice certificates according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients".