First, can aid lawyers refuse to defend, and under what circumstances?
Legal aid regulations
Article 23 stipulates that legal aid institutions shall terminate legal aid after examination and verification in any of the following circumstances:
(a) the recipient's economic income changes and no longer meets the conditions for legal aid;
(2) The trial of the case has been concluded or revoked;
(3) The donee entrusts a lawyer or other agent by himself;
(four) the recipient requests the termination of legal aid.
Second, legal aid.
Regulations of the State Council on Legal Aid
Article 26
Legal aid institutions and their staff in any of the following circumstances, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be given disciplinary sanctions according to law:
(a) to provide legal aid to those who do not meet the conditions of legal aid, or to refuse to provide legal aid to those who meet the conditions of legal aid;
(two) handling legal aid cases to collect property;
(three) engaged in paid legal services;
(four) embezzlement and misappropriation of legal aid funds.
The property collected in handling legal aid cases shall be ordered to be returned by the judicial administrative department; The illegal income from engaging in paid legal services shall be confiscated by the judicial administrative department; Those who embezzle, privately divide or misappropriate legal aid funds shall be ordered to recover by the judicial administrative department. If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Article 28
If a lawyer has any of the following circumstances, the judicial administrative department shall give him a warning and order him to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, a penalty of stopping practicing 1 month or more and 3 months or less shall be imposed:
(1) Refusing to accept or terminate a legal aid case without justifiable reasons;
(two) handling legal aid cases to collect property.
Where there is an illegal act in Item (2) of the preceding paragraph, the judicial administrative department shall order the return of the illegally obtained property, and may concurrently impose a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 3 times the value of the collected property.
Article 29
Lawyers who violate professional ethics and practice discipline in handling legal aid cases shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Lawyers Law.
The judicial department of our country will also investigate the background of such personnel and deal with them according to the actual situation of the parties. Protect the legitimate rights and interests of such personnel and handle related matters. The entrusted lawyer should also actively investigate the actual situation of such cases and handle such cases fairly, justly and legally.