1. Whether the defendant needs to hire a lawyer shall be decided according to the following circumstances:
(1) For example, if the creditor sues for repayment of the debt, there is no dispute about the amount of the debt, but there is no money to repay it. In this case, there is no need to hire a lawyer:
(2) If it is an infringement case, there is a big dispute between the two parties. If they do not participate in each other at all, in this case, it is necessary to hire a lawyer.
2. Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Lawyers can engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
Second, what should I pay attention to when hiring a lawyer?
Pay attention to when hiring a lawyer:
1, pay attention to check whether there is a law firm practice license issued by the provincial judicial administrative organ;
2. Understand what is a lawyer's long-term experience and good professional quality;
3. The client shall check whether the lawyer's practice certificate has passed the annual registration.