Litigation is always a complicated and nervous case for the uninitiated, which is why many people prefer to entrust the conduct of the case to a representative, while this role is not necessarily a lawyer or a professional lawyer. A representative can be any capable person who is obliged to know the procedural rules.
Instructions
Step 1
There are several options for representing interests in court:
1. If you represent your interests in the process as a plaintiff or a defendant (personally). This is common in civil litigation. Moreover, personal participation in the process does not at all deprive you of the right to have a representative in the court in this case. If you represent the interests of an individual or legal entity (person or organization). To do this, you will need a special power of attorney, drawn up and certified in accordance with the law. According to the law, a representative in court may be a capable person, whose powers are duly documented.
Step 2
So, the corresponding power of attorney must be drawn up in a notary office. Either the organization in which your currently works to trust; or by the managing organization at the principal's place of residence; or by a health care institution, if the principal is undergoing treatment or examination; unit commander, if the principal is doing military service; and even the head of the prison, if the principal is serving a sentence in places of deprivation of liberty.
Step 3
After completing the relevant documents, you, as a representative, will have the right to perform all procedural actions. But at the same time, special powers, such as transferring a power of attorney to another person, filing new claims or concluding an amicable agreement on a case, must be specifically specified in the power of attorney issued by the person you represent.
Step 4
You can also go to court for reimbursement of the costs of the representative if you yourself are the principal. In this case, you will need to submit an agreement for the provision of such services and a receipt that the representative received the money as payment.
Step 5
But there are a number of differences when it comes to representation in criminal proceedings. This has its own peculiarities: the defense of the accused can be a lawyer, one of the relatives of the accused, or another person for whom the accused himself intercepts. That is the whole difference. In any civil process, almost any person can be a representative, with a few exceptions prescribed by law.
