If you don't want to use your former lawyer in a criminal case, can you give all the information of the lawyer to the family members of the parties?

Criminal files copied by criminal defense lawyers from the procuratorate or the court cannot be provided to the families of the parties for inspection. According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, defense lawyers can consult, extract and copy the case files from the date when the procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case. However, lawyers' right to defense is independent, and lawyers also have the obligation to keep the information obtained in their practice for their clients, which belongs to the category of lawyers' duty of confidentiality. Even if the entrustment of the defense lawyer is lifted, the defense lawyer is still obliged to keep secret.

Legal basis: Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law: From the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case, the defense lawyer may consult, extract and copy the case file. Other defenders may also consult, extract and copy the above materials with the permission of the people's court or the people's procuratorate. The Supreme People's Court's explanation on the application of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) [20 12] Article 47 A defense lawyer may consult, extract and copy the case file. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's court, may also consult, extract and copy the case files. The discussion records of the collegial panel and the judicial committee and other materials that are not disclosed according to law shall not be consulted, extracted or copied. The people's court shall provide convenience for the defender to consult, extract and copy the case file materials, and ensure the necessary time. Copy the case file materials can be copied, photographed and scanned.