Hiring a lawyer has always been an important issue, because a good lawyer can fully help the parties to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. But lawyers should not only pay attention to the choice of lawyers, but also pay attention to the time of lawyers. So when is the best time to hire a lawyer? I'll give you the details right away.
1. When can I hire a lawyer?
You can hire a lawyer at any time, but from the point of view of preventing disputes and improving efficiency, the sooner you hire a lawyer, the better.
Most people already know that they need to hire a lawyer to go to court, but in civil and economic activities, solving problems through litigation means, even if handled properly in the end, will often bring many direct and indirect losses to the parties. What's more, in some cases, if the parties can't effectively defend their rights beforehand, it may not be helpful to go to court in the event of a dispute. At present, most lawyers are busy solving disputes, and as far as the nature of lawyers' work is concerned, preventing disputes should be their primary task. Therefore, foreseeing possible disputes before conducting civil and economic activities and asking lawyers to try their best to prevent them, rather than asking lawyers to clean up the mess when things get out of control, should be the first principle to determine the time to ask lawyers. For example, as mentioned above, you should listen to the lawyer's opinion before signing the contract.
In the event of a dispute, the sooner you hire a lawyer, the better. The settlement of any dispute depends on two important things, namely facts and law. As far as the law is concerned, that is the profession of lawyers. There are some problems. Your understanding may be different from the legal provisions. You need the help of a lawyer. However, the identification of facts requires evidence. Lawyers who intervene in disputes as early as possible and in time often know better than ordinary people when and how to obtain any evidence and what methods should be used to effectively protect and use evidence to prove facts. This is very important for protecting one's rights and striving to solve disputes through low-cost non-litigation activities.
Paragraph 1 of Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law: A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.
Second, how to hire a lawyer to go to court
1, to review the qualifications. According to the Lawyers Law, a lawyer refers to a person who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law and provides legal services to the society. A person who has not obtained a lawyer's practice certificate shall not practice in the name of a lawyer, nor shall he engage in litigation agency or defense business for the purpose of seeking economic benefits. Therefore, when looking for a lawyer, the parties must examine the qualifications of the lawyer and see if they have a lawyer's practice license.
2. Understand the organization. A law firm is a lawyer's practice organization. Please ask the lawyer to go to the law firm to know the practice organization where the lawyer is located. Because the Lawyers Law stipulates that if a lawyer practices illegally or causes losses to his client due to his fault, his law firm shall be liable for compensation.
3. Sign the agreement. When hiring a lawyer, a written agreement should be signed to clarify the rights and obligations of both parties. In particular, we should not take the cost of hiring a lawyer lightly. Be sure to make it clear how much the lawsuit will win or lose, and how much the first and second trials will cost respectively. We must make it clear in the agreement that we need a receipt when we pay.
4. The authorization should be clear. Some parties fill in the power of attorney when hiring a lawyer, but the scope of authorization is not clear. I think as long as I pay the lawyer, everything will be handled by the lawyer. Therefore, some parties do not appear in court at all, do not understand the progress of the case, and the results of handling the case are not clear. Who knows, due to the legal consequences of unclear authorization, the licensor is responsible.
5. Pay carefully. Some clients believe what lawyers say. As long as the lawyer wants money, he doesn't care. The lawsuit in the first instance was lost and the lawyer appealed. He did it one by one without thinking, paid the appeal fee and then paid the lawyer's fee. He doesn't feel bad at all. In particular, the lawyer's proposal to invite the case-handler to dinner and find someone to dredge the relationship is even more expensive, and often all the money is spent. As soon as the lawsuit was lost, Fang Da's dream woke up, he was cheated and regretted it. Therefore, the so-called activity fees demanded by lawyers, in addition to the legitimate fees that should be charged according to regulations, must be rejected.
Generally speaking, the parties can hire a lawyer to help them at any time. However, from the perspective of preventing disputes and improving efficiency, the sooner you hire a lawyer, the better. The lawyer's early intervention can help the parties to safeguard their legitimate interests and avoid unnecessary legal disputes in the future. The above is the content compiled by Bian Xiao.