Can a lawyer check the phone number?

Is not allowed. After accepting the entrustment of a case, a lawyer may inquire about the telephone records or apply for a court investigation order to inquire about relevant information. An investigation order refers to a legal document issued by the court to the attorney of the party concerned to collect the required evidence from the relevant units and individuals after the party concerned is unable to obtain the required evidence for objective reasons in civil litigation and is approved by the people's court.

Legal basis:

Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may engage in the following businesses: (1) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to serve 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.