A reading map for a family responding to detention and for defining a stage-based criminal defence instruction.
Use the emergency guide for the family’s first-response information, then the fee-and-scope guide for a defence engagement by procedural stage.
Is a family member currently detained in Mainland China?
Open the family response guide to organise the authority, facility, notice, identity and communication record.
Are you comparing a criminal defence engagement?
Open the stage-based scope guide to identify the work and expense categories to discuss with the PRC law firm.
All guides in this topic
First response after Mainland China criminal detention
Use this guide to organise the family’s verified authority, facility, notice and identity information.
Mainland China criminal defence stages and fee scope
Use this guide to compare the work described for investigation, prosecution review, trial and appeal.
Who wrote this
Peng Zibin (彭子镔) — Lawyer; Beijing Dongyuan Law Firm, Shenzhen Office (registered name: BEIJING DONGYUAN LAW FIRM SHENZHEN OFFICE), law firm practising licence number 24403201011309995; practice areas: criminal compliance, criminal defence, economic crime and criminal-civil intersection disputes。
Not legal advice
This article is general information, not legal advice, and reading it does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Outcomes turn on the specific facts. Before acting, please obtain advice on your own circumstances.