The legal procedures are as follows:
1, to determine whether to start the trial. Unless it involves state secrets, personal privacy or otherwise provided by law, it shall be conducted in public;
2, notify the parties and other participants in the proceedings three days before the hearing;
3, the trial, check the basic situation of the case, ask whether to withdraw the lawsuit;
4. Conduct court investigation: statements by the parties; Inform witnesses of their rights and obligations, witness to testify in court, and read out the testimony of witnesses who did not appear in court; Produce documentary evidence, physical evidence, audio-visual materials and electronic data; Read out the appraisal opinions; Read the interrogation record;
5. The parties can present new evidence in court. Increase litigation requests;
6. Conduct court debates in an orderly manner;
7. At the end of the court debate, a judgment shall be made according to law. Mediation can be conducted before the judgment, and mediation can also be conducted; If mediation fails, a judgment shall be made in time;
8. If the verdict cannot be pronounced in court, the court session may be postponed.
To sum up, lawyers still have the obligation of confidentiality after the end of the principal-agent relationship. The scope of work is stipulated in the contract. If both parties agree, the agency relationship will be terminated at the end of the first trial. He can't go. But they usually go, and lawyers pay more attention to word of mouth. Word of mouth brings business. Whether to hire a lawyer is up to the parties. The law does not stipulate that litigation must be represented by a lawyer. Whether in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings, entrusting a lawyer is the litigation right of the parties.
Legal basis:
Article 38 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Lawyers should keep state secrets and business secrets they know in their practice activities, and may not disclose the privacy of the parties. Lawyers should keep confidential the relevant information and materials that their clients and others are unwilling to disclose in their practice activities. However, criminal facts and information that endanger national security, public safety and seriously endanger the personal safety of others are being prepared or implemented by the client or others.