Can the plaintiff's lawyer investigate the defendant's information

Legal analysis: lawyers can obtain relevant information of the defendant according to law. However, the lawyer's access to the defendant's information is limited to that part of the information that is really needed according to law in this case. Lawyers cannot obtain other personal information beyond the scope of handling cases. There are still some things that the defendant needs to provide. If the defendant does not agree to cooperate, the lawyer cannot forcibly investigate and collect evidence from the defendant. Because it is impossible for either party to cooperate with the lawyer invited by the other party to deal with themselves. However, in real life, if the lawyer entrusted by the plaintiff is pragmatic and has a good attitude, and the case is resolved through consultation, other parties will still cooperate. However, this situation is rare, because the interests of most of the original defendants in the case are opposite, which determines that their attitudes will be opposite. However, in this case, the plaintiff does not need too much personal information of the defendant, and generally it will only be the name, address and contact information. With this basic information, you can write a civil complaint according to law. Other specific information of the defendant may be filled in by the people's court ex officio after entering the procedure. Therefore, it is generally unnecessary for the lawyer entrusted by the plaintiff to investigate and collect the information of the defendant. Because the plaintiff generally knows the basic information of the defendant. It's rare not to know. With the lawyer's card and investigation letter, I can go to the neighborhood Committee and village Committee where the defendant is located and complete the investigation according to law.

Legal basis: If Article 17 of the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Civil Proceedings meets one of the following conditions, the parties and their agents ad litem may apply to the people's court for investigation and collection of evidence: (1) The evidence applied for investigation and collection belongs to archival materials kept by relevant state departments and must be transferred by the people's court ex officio; (two) materials involving state secrets, commercial secrets and personal privacy; (3) Other materials that the parties and their agents ad litem cannot collect by themselves due to objective reasons.