1. Can a lawyer report the case on behalf of the victim?
The parties may entrust a lawyer to report the case.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law.
Article 28 A lawyer may engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations 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 in criminal cases, providing them with complaints and accusations on their behalf, applying for bail pending trial for arrested criminal suspects, accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants or the designation of people's courts, acting as defenders, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, and participating 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.
Second, can you ask a lawyer to represent you in inheritance disputes?
Inheritance dispute is a kind of civil dispute. According to the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, lawyers can be entrusted to inherit cases.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 57 A person without capacity for conduct shall be his guardian as his legal representative. If the legal representative shirks the agency responsibility, the people's court shall appoint one of them to represent the lawsuit.
Article 58 A party or legal representative may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.
The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
Article 59 To entrust another person to represent the lawsuit, a power of attorney signed or sealed by the client must be submitted to the people's court.
The power of attorney must specify the entrusted matters and authority. An agent ad litem must have the special authorization of the client, and can admit, waive or change the claim, make a settlement, file a counterclaim or appeal on his behalf.
The power of attorney sent or entrusted by China * * and China citizens living abroad must be authenticated by China * * and China's embassy or consulate in that country; If there is no embassy or consulate, it shall be certified by the embassy or consulate of a third country that has diplomatic relations with the people of China, and then by the people of China and the embassy or consulate of China in a third country, or by the local patriotic overseas Chinese delegation.
Heritage disputes are civil disputes and can be represented by lawyers. In the process of lawyer's representation, lawyers can give full play to their own advantages and help the parties in litigation as much as possible. The conditions of agent ad litem include citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social organizations where the parties are located, close relatives or staff members of the parties, lawyers and grassroots legal service workers.