Lawyer request change by defendant or plaintiff in court.

[akerkarprashant]

According to the law, can a defendant or Plaintiff change his/her lawyer after certain court proceedings in both civil/criminal cases.

Example.

A Court is adjourned and given a certain date for next proceeding.

Now the Plaintiff or Defendant would like to change his/her lawyer giving reasonable reasons for the same.
Reasons could be : Personal emergency call for the Lawyer, Lawyer falling sick/unwell etc

Is this allowed in the judiciary? If yes, what are the rules? Who gives the permission grant to either the defendant or plaintiff to change the lawyer? Is it the Judge?

 

[DaveE]

Um... You do know this is Physics Forums, right?

Not many of us have gone to law school. You're not likely to get legal advice here, and if you do, you probably shouldn't trust it.

BTW, we don't all live in the same state or country, and we don't know what your jurisdiction is anyway.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

I see you have already asked your question in Law Stack Exchange: https://law.stackexchange.com/q/77358/35481

In addition, as @DaveE, we are Physics Forums, not legal forums.

If you want your question in Stack Exchange to gain more audience, please add their country-specific tags to the question.

Also, that generic image of a court is not very helpful. Avoid posting anything (anywhere) that does not add any value to what you are writing; it is simply distraction.

 

[fresh_42]

That said

Not many of us have gone to law school. You're not likely to get legal advice here, and if you do, you probably shouldn't trust it.

If you want your question in Stack Exchange to gain more audience, please add their country-specific tags to the question.

I close the thread. There is no more value we could add.