A lawyer's request is a written appeal of a lawyer to a state authority, local self-government body, their officials and officials, enterprises, institutions and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership and subordination, public associations to provide information, copies of documents necessary for a lawyer to provide legal assistance to a client.
The law gives a lawyer the right to demand the provision of virtually any information and documents. The state power body, local self-government body, their officials and officials, heads of enterprises, institutions, organizations, public associations to which a lawyer's request is sent are obliged, no later than five working days from the date of receipt of the request, to provide the lawyer with the relevant information, copies of documents, except for information from restricted access and copies of documents containing restricted information.
Refusal to provide information to a lawyer's request, untimely or incomplete provision of information, provision of information that does not correspond to reality entail responsibility established by Art. 212-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.
A lawyer's request is not only an effective tool for collecting evidence in order to prepare for going to court with a claim, but also often allows you to avoid legal proceedings altogether, convincing the opponent of the illegality, unfoundedness and futility of his position at the stage of pre-trial settlement of the conflict.
Compliance with the principle of confidentiality is a necessary and essential prerequisite for a trusting relationship between a lawyer and a client, without which it is impossible to properly provide legal assistance, defend and represent.
Attorney secrecy is any information that has become known to a lawyer, an assistant to a lawyer, a trainee of a lawyer, a person who is in an employment relationship with a lawyer, about a client, as well as questions on which the client turned to a lawyer, the content of advice, consultations, explanations of the lawyer drawn up by him documents, information stored on electronic media, and other documents and information obtained by a lawyer in the course of advocacy. The law prohibits to require the provision of information constituting an advocate secret and on these issues a lawyer, as well as the above persons cannot be questioned. In addition, it is prohibited to inspect, disclose, request or seize documents related to the implementation of advocacy.
It is forbidden to involve a lawyer in confidential cooperation when conducting operational-search measures or investigative actions, if such cooperation is associated with or may lead to disclosure of the lawyer's secret.
The disclosure of information constituting an advocate's secret is prohibited under any circumstances, including illegal attempts by the bodies of inquiry, investigation and the court to interrogate a lawyer about circumstances constituting an advocate's secret.
In carrying out his professional activity, a lawyer encounters and cooperates with experts in other fields of knowledge, whose services are necessary to protect and represent the interests of the client.
The legal profession closely interacts with public and private notaries who certify transactions (contracts, wills, powers of attorney), conduct inheritance affairs and issue certificates of the right to inheritance, certify various legal facts, make executive notes, accept documents for storage and perform other notarial actions.
Advocacy is also closely related to the professional activities of forensic experts who carry out research based on special knowledge in the field of science, technology, arts, crafts, etc., objects, phenomena and processes in order to give an opinion on issues that are or will be the subject judicial trial.
The demand for the services of appraisers is quite high, who carry out the appraisal of property and property rights, prepare a report on the appraisal of the property, as well as its review.
A lawyer also takes part in the implementation of their functions by public and private executors at the stage of execution of court decisions.
In addition, the lawyer collaborates with the BTI, audit and consulting firms, accountants and many other specialists in their fields.
An integrated approach, as well as the use of professional skills of specialists in related fields of knowledge, allows us to resolve legal issues of any complexity.
Lawyer inquiry
A lawyer's request is a written appeal of a lawyer to a state authority, local self-government body, their officials and officials, enterprises, institutions and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership and subordination, public associations to provide information, copies of documents necessary for a lawyer to provide legal assistance to a client.
The law gives a lawyer the right to demand the provision of virtually any information and documents. The state power body, local self-government body, their officials and officials, heads of enterprises, institutions, organizations, public associations to which a lawyer's request is sent are obliged, no later than five working days from the date of receipt of the request, to provide the lawyer with the relevant information, copies of documents, except for information from restricted access and copies of documents containing restricted information.
Refusal to provide information to a lawyer's request, untimely or incomplete provision of information, provision of information that does not correspond to reality entail responsibility established by Art. 212-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.
A lawyer's request is not only an effective tool for collecting evidence in order to prepare for going to court with a claim, but also often allows you to avoid legal proceedings altogether, convincing the opponent of the illegality, unfoundedness and futility of his position at the stage of pre-trial settlement of the conflict.
Attorney secrecy
Compliance with the principle of confidentiality is a necessary and essential prerequisite for a trusting relationship between a lawyer and a client, without which it is impossible to properly provide legal assistance, defend and represent.
Attorney secrecy is any information that has become known to a lawyer, an assistant to a lawyer, a trainee of a lawyer, a person who is in an employment relationship with a lawyer, about a client, as well as questions on which the client turned to a lawyer, the content of advice, consultations, explanations of the lawyer drawn up by him documents, information stored on electronic media, and other documents and information obtained by a lawyer in the course of advocacy. The law prohibits to require the provision of information constituting an advocate secret and on these issues a lawyer, as well as the above persons cannot be questioned. In addition, it is prohibited to inspect, disclose, request or seize documents related to the implementation of advocacy.
It is forbidden to involve a lawyer in confidential cooperation when conducting operational-search measures or investigative actions, if such cooperation is associated with or may lead to disclosure of the lawyer's secret.
The disclosure of information constituting an advocate's secret is prohibited under any circumstances, including illegal attempts by the bodies of inquiry, investigation and the court to interrogate a lawyer about circumstances constituting an advocate's secret.
Cooperation
In carrying out his professional activity, a lawyer encounters and cooperates with experts in other fields of knowledge, whose services are necessary to protect and represent the interests of the client.
The legal profession closely interacts with public and private notaries who certify transactions (contracts, wills, powers of attorney), conduct inheritance affairs and issue certificates of the right to inheritance, certify various legal facts, make executive notes, accept documents for storage and perform other notarial actions.
Advocacy is also closely related to the professional activities of forensic experts who carry out research based on special knowledge in the field of science, technology, arts, crafts, etc., objects, phenomena and processes in order to give an opinion on issues that are or will be the subject judicial trial.
The demand for the services of appraisers is quite high, who carry out the appraisal of property and property rights, prepare a report on the appraisal of the property, as well as its review.
A lawyer also takes part in the implementation of their functions by public and private executors at the stage of execution of court decisions.
In addition, the lawyer collaborates with the BTI, audit and consulting firms, accountants and many other specialists in their fields.
An integrated approach, as well as the use of professional skills of specialists in related fields of knowledge, allows us to resolve legal issues of any complexity.