Of course.
First of all, the law does not stipulate that the parties in the lawsuit must hire a lawyer.
Usually after the trial, the judge will guide the parties to give evidence and cross-examine, including the debate.
If you don't provide evidence in time, the judge will also give you a chance to supplement it.
Therefore, institutionally speaking, there is no need to worry about being unable to hold a court session without a lawyer or being "left out" or "unintelligible" in court.
2. Is it possible to win a lawsuit without a lawyer?
This question depends on the specific case itself.
Generally speaking, cases with simple facts, clear rights and obligations and sufficient evidence have no problems in themselves, and the litigation efficiency may be lower, but from the perspective of the probability of winning, it will not be smaller than hiring a lawyer.
Someone made a very interesting statistic:
In 20 19, in the civil cases of Yuzhong District People's Court in Chongqing, 18 132 cases supported/partially supported the plaintiff, of which 6,035 cases were not all personally attended by the plaintiff and were not represented by a lawyer. That is to say, under the current legal system, an ordinary person is fully capable of going to court without a lawyer (including legal aid), and the probability of winning the case is 33%, and one third wins the case.
But we say that for complex cases, it is usually difficult for professional legal professionals, if they are not in this professional field. So don't be surprised, some lawyers want to hire a lawyer when they encounter legal problems, just because it's not his specialty. )
In addition, there are some major and complicated cases, such as those handled by the fat team, which usually require the whole team to make all kinds of preparations all night, and some cases even need to be discussed by the team's legal consultant professor.
This kind of case does not invite a lawyer, and non-professionals can only say that they are courageous.
Is it necessary to hire a lawyer in case of litigation?
As mentioned above, in some simple lawsuits, the parties who know the law will spend time studying and sorting out, and those who don't know the law can also ask some professionals for guidance and defend themselves in court.
However, it is recommended to hire a lawyer in two cases:
(1) One is the difficult and complicated case mentioned above, which requires not only lawyers, but also reliable and professional lawyers.
(2) In the case of limited time. (or in the case of limited external assistance)
First of all, weigh the cost of hiring a lawyer and the cost of your own time.
Some people's time is precious. If the time, energy and money spent on research and preparation for court appearance are far greater than the cost of hiring a lawyer, it is naturally uneconomical.
For example, the simplest loan case. What preparations should I make if I go to court?
How to investigate the other party's property and whether it is able to repay it? Is it necessary to preserve property in advance? What protection is provided during the security period? How to claim "priority of compensation" in real estate mortgage? Do you advocate that husband and wife share the debt? How to write the complaint? What if the other party fails to perform after the judgment? How to apply for enforcement? ...... Secondly, in a lawsuit, besides substantive right and wrong issues, many procedural issues will be involved. For example, as we wrote before, one reason why some evidence is brought to court is that the procedure of obtaining evidence involves breaking the law.
Wait a minute. Generally speaking, litigation is a very professional matter.