Consequences of the defendant's lawyer lying in court

If the plaintiff or defendant lied in the civil litigation court, resulting in the court hearing can not be carried out smoothly, it violates the relevant provisions of the criminal law. Moreover, if the situation of telling lies is serious, not only will the truth said before be invalidated, but it will also be fined or detained by the court, and even prosecuted by the procuratorate for obstructing judicial proceedings. Legal basis: Article 111th of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If a litigant participant or other person commits one of the following acts, the people's court may impose a fine or detention according to the seriousness of the case; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law: (1) forging or destroying important evidence, which hinders the people's court from hearing the case; (2) using violence, threats or bribes to prevent witnesses from testifying or instigating, bribing or coercing others to commit perjury; The people's court may impose a fine or detention on a unit that commits one of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.