Scope of lawyer's investigation and evidence collection

The scope of lawyers' investigation and evidence collection mainly includes: 1. Evidence investigation: entrusted by the parties to civil, criminal and administrative cases, investigate, plan and collect relevant litigation and non-litigation evidence; 2. Intellectual property investigation: investigate cases of infringement of intellectual property rights such as trademark rights, patents, copyrights and trade secrets; 3. Investigation on the whereabouts of the property of the person subjected to execution: assist the court in investigating, executing and tracing the property and accounts hidden or transferred by the person subjected to execution, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of creditors; 4. Enterprise credit investigation: commercial credit investigation, bad record search, partnership enterprise background, operating status, financial status, product information, commercial credit investigation, and field investigation to prevent commercial fraud.

legal ground

Article 28 of the Lawyers Law

Lawyers can engage in the following businesses: (1) 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 and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate 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.