Notes on attorney entrustment

Things to note when entrusting a lawyer are as follows:

1. The agent should be chosen carefully: the client should review the agent's ability to perform agency affairs. For some agency matters that require professional qualifications or business qualifications, the client should review whether the agent has professional qualifications or business qualifications;

2. The entrustment matters must be clear: the agency contract is the relationship between the client and the trustee A contract under which a trustee will handle the affairs of the principal. Therefore, the entrusted matters must be specific and clear;

3. Clear scope of authorization: In an agency relationship, the agent acts as a civil legal act in the name of the principal, and the legal consequences are borne by the principal. The law clearly stipulates that if the scope of authorization in the power of attorney is unclear, the agent shall bear civil liability to the third party, and the principal shall bear joint and several liability. Therefore, the principal should pay attention to the scope of authorization in the agency contract to avoid adverse legal consequences;

4. The agency period is clear: the principal and the trustee should agree in the contract on the specific period for performing the agency act. An excessively long agency period may cause certain legal risks to the principal;

5. Clear remuneration payment: the entrustment contract is divided into a free entrustment contract and a paid entrustment contract.

The details of the renewal of entrustment that need to be handled by the entrusted lawyer are as follows:

1. Go to the law firm to complete the entrustment procedures. If the law firm believes that it can accept the appointment of the client, it shall sign a lawyer contract with the client, go through the entrustment procedures, clarify the rights and obligations of the client and the law firm, and shall indicate the name of the lawyer assigned by the law firm to handle the case, and shall appoint the lawyer and the client. The law firm shall sign and seal the contract, and indicate the date of contract signing;

2. If you hire a lawyer on behalf of others, you must submit documents related to the entrusted lawyer to the law firm before the law firm can accept the appointment;

3. Pay the hiring fee. A lawyer's legal services are a paid service, so the client must pay a certain amount of attorney fees when hiring a lawyer.

The parties shall submit the following materials to the lawyer:

1. The identity certificate or subject qualification certificate of the party;

2. Documents, bills, documents related to the case, Letters and materials;

3. Documents proving the facts of infringement and damage consequences;

4. Other evidentiary materials related to the case.

To sum up, when a client entrusts a lawyer to participate in litigation business, he should truthfully and comprehensively state all the facts related to the case, and must not conceal his faults or factors that are unfavorable to him. After a comprehensive study and review of the relevant facts, a lawyer may accept the client's entrustment if he or she meets the conditions for accepting the entrustment.

Legal basis:

Article 165 of the "Code of the People's Republic of China"

If the authorization for entrustment is in written form, the authorization shall be The power of attorney shall state the name of the principal, matters of agency, authority and time limit, and shall be signed or sealed by the principal.