Whether a lawyer can show his family documents depends on the specific situation. According to the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and related judicial interpretations, when representing a criminal case, a lawyer can meet with the criminal suspect and the defendant, consult the case file and understand the case. However, if the case file involves state secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy and other information that should not be made public, or the criminal suspect or defendant does not agree to make it public, the lawyer shall not disclose or divulge relevant information to family members or other irrelevant personnel.
When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant, if his family members want to accompany him, they need to be approved by the relevant departments and abide by the relevant regulations. At the same time, lawyers should actively coordinate family members to meet with criminal suspects and defendants under the premise of legal compliance, so that family members can know the case in time and assist criminal suspects and defendants in defending.
To sum up: whether a lawyer can show his family documents depends on the specific situation. If the case file involves state secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy and other information that should not be made public, or the criminal suspect or defendant does not agree to make it public, the lawyer shall not disclose or divulge the relevant information to family members or other irrelevant personnel. However, when a lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant, his family members may accompany him with approval. Lawyers should actively coordinate family members to meet with criminal suspects and defendants, so as to facilitate family members to know the case in time and assist criminal suspects and defendants in defending.
Legal basis:
Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that defense lawyers may consult, extract and copy the case files from the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case.
Article 35 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the entrusted lawyer may apply to the people's procuratorate or the people's court for collecting and obtaining evidence or to the people's court for notifying witnesses to testify in court according to the needs of the case.
If a lawyer investigates and collects evidence by himself, he may, with the lawyer's practice certificate and the certificate of the law firm, investigate the situation related to undertaking legal affairs with the relevant units or individuals.