The case mentioned in the lawyer, obviously belongs to the acceptance of entrustment, without good reason, refused to defend or agent, do not appear in court on time to participate in litigation behavior. According to article 48 of the lawyer law, the lawyer has one of the following behaviors, by the people's government of the city or municipality directly under the central government of the district judicial administrative department to give a warning, may impose a fine of 10,000 yuan; have illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; the circumstances are serious, given to stop practicing for more than three months and six months of the following penalties:
(a) privately accepting the entrustment, charging a fee, accepting the property or other benefits from the client;
(ii) after accepting the entrustment, refuses to defend or represent the client without justifiable reasons, and fails to appear in court on time to participate in the litigation or arbitration;
(iii) takes advantage of the convenience of providing legal services to profit from the rights and interests of the parties to the dispute;
(iv) divulges commercial secrets or personal privacy.
That is to say, the parties in that case can report to the local justice bureau to defend their rights.