Chapter 22: You Are a Man, and You Still Want Compensation for Loss of Youth?!
Although judges cannot render decisions without any legal basis, once there is a tendency in their inclination, the outcome of the judgment is also very unfavorable.
Inside Baijun Law Firm.
The more Su Bai examined the information about this female judge, the more his head ached.
Thirty two years old, no children with her husband, frequent quarrels, to the extent that even the basic court staff were aware of it.
"If this female judge presides over the trial, it will be difficult to handle. It is necessary either to find a way to remove her or to make her stand on our side."
"It would be best to replace the presiding judge."
Su Bai rubbed his brow.
He called Li Xuezhen into the office, placed the judge's information on the desk, and spoke gently, "Assistant Li, you would not want us to lose this lawsuit, would you?"
Li Xuezhen looked at the judge's information with a confused expression. "Lawyer Su, what do you mean by this?"
Su Bai leaned close to Li Xuezhen's ear and said several things.
Li Xuezhen widened her eyes and looked at Su Bai in disbelief. "Lawyer Su, would doing this not be inappropriate?"
'Cough cough.'
Su Bai coughed twice. "This female judge's marriage is not happy. If she presides over the outcome of this case, which side do you think she, as a woman, would favor?"
"The woman's side?"
"Then if she favors the woman's side, do you think it would have a certain impact on our client?"
Seeing that Li Xuezhen was still hesitating, Su Bai spoke again. "Think about what the second principle I taught you was."
"The second principle was to handle matters in accordance with payment?"
Li Xuezhen spoke somewhat uncertainly.
Su Bai nodded seriously. "As a lawyer, do you not want to win the case? Since the client entrusted our law firm, that represents trust in us. Moreover, what we are doing is neither illegal nor in violation of regulations, so what are you afraid of?"
"But."
Seeing that Li Xuezhen was still hesitating, Su Bai produced his decisive argument. "Do you not want to win?"
"Yes!"
Li Xuezhen answered seriously.
"Lawyer Su, when shall we handle this matter?"
"The sooner the better."
"All right, Lawyer Su."
~~~~~
Guanlan Residential Community.
Judge Xu Meng of Nandu Basic Court lived in this residential community.
Li Xuezhen stood at the entrance of the residential community, anxiously waiting for something. When she saw a woman wearing a white shirt arrive at the entrance of the residential community, her eyes lit up and she ran quickly toward the woman.
"Hello. Are you Judge Xu Meng?"
Xu Meng frowned slightly, looked at the person before her, and nodded. "Yes, I am Xu Meng. What is the matter?"
"There is nothing in particular. I only wanted to ask whether, if you presided over a marriage case, you would conduct the trial with preconceived bias?"
Xu Meng shook her head with a serious expression. "This is absolutely impossible!"
"All right, thank you Judge Xu Meng."
Looking at Li Xuezhen as she left, Xu Meng appeared puzzled. What did this mean?
She asked her a question and then inexplicably left?
After Li Xuezhen left the residential community, she arrived at a corner and looked at Su Bai, who was handling his phone, and spoke excitedly. "Lawyer Su, did you take the photo?"
"I took it!"
Su Bai showed Li Xuezhen the photo. The content of the photo was precisely the scene of Li Xuezhen and Xu Meng standing at the entrance of the residential community and conversing.
"All right, the work is finished."
Su Bai sent the photo to Zhang Tongwei and attached a reminder.
"Let your wife see this photo and imply that we have connections."
Li Xuezhen watched from the side and said worriedly, "Lawyer Su, will doing this be effective?"
Su Bai slightly raised the corner of his mouth. "Of course it will be effective."
According to the principle of recusal of the presiding judge.
First, one cannot serve if one is a relative. Second, one cannot serve if there is a conflict of interest. Third, one cannot serve if there exists another relationship with the parties to the case or their litigation representatives that may affect the impartial adjudication of the case. Fourth, one cannot serve if one has accepted hospitality or gifts from the parties or litigation representatives or has met with them in violation of regulations.
Li Xuezhen's situation did not constitute any of the above circumstances.
They knew that it did not constitute any of them, but the opposing law firm did not know this, and judging solely from the photograph, if the opposing party felt uncertain about this matter, it was very likely that they would invoke the principle of recusal.
Under such circumstances.
The court would generally accept the application.
After receiving Su Bai's message, Zhang Tongwei quickly displayed confidence in victory and showed this photograph to Xie Li.
He implied that he had connections.
After learning of this matter, Xie Li also hurriedly contacted Ye Fei.
Ye Fei frowned while looking at the photograph. Judging solely from the photograph, there was no problem, but what if there were?
It is better to prepare for the worst possibility.
If something unexpected occurred, her several hundred thousand yuan in legal fees would be lost in vain.
In any case, this case was certain to be won and there would be no unexpected developments. No matter which judge presided, victory would be assured.
"Sister, do not worry. Our court system is sound. We can submit an application for recusal, and the court will generally accept it. The problem is not serious, so do not panic."
Ye Fei comforted Xie Li.
Based on this photograph, she submitted an application for recusal of the adjudicating personnel.
The court quickly conducted an examination.
After confirming that Li Xuezhen's identity was that of an intern lawyer at Baijun Law Firm, the application for recusal was approved.
Xu Meng: ????
'Simply because I spoke a sentence at the entrance of the residential community, I lost the authority to adjudicate the case?'
She felt helpless, but there was nothing she could do. The court mechanism was established in this way.
Moreover, Li Xuezhen had merely asked her a question and this did not constitute a violation, and there was no punishment for the law firm, only the recusal of the adjudicating personnel in order to avoid defects in the adjudication.
In particular, the application for recusal had been submitted by Nanyuan Law Firm rather than Baijun Law Firm, so it did not constitute deliberate disruption of judicial procedure.
Even if she knew that it was the case, she had no evidence and had little opportunity to refute it.
As for why Baijun Law Firm, as the prosecuting party, had caused her to apply for recusal, Xu Meng understood this clearly, and the Nandu Basic Court also understood it clearly.
It was only that the opposing party had not raised the issue that Xu Meng's unhappy marriage might easily produce bias.
If this reason were raised during the court hearing.
There would be a high probability that recusal would still be required.
Very soon, the court replaced the adjudicating personnel, and both parties' lawyers proceeded with out of court mediation.
Facing Ye Fei, Su Bai proposed mediation conditions.
"Our side accepts out of court mediation, but we have the following requirements."
"First, Xie Jing must leave the marriage with nothing and compensate Zhang Tongwei for three years of loss of youth."
"Second, Xie Jing must issue an apology to Zhang Tongwei."
"Third, Xie Jing must bear the relevant litigation costs."
These three mediation conditions caused both Xie Jing and Ye Fei to frown in anger.
Damn it, have you lost your mind?
You are a grown man, and you want the woman to compensate you for loss of youth?!
Mediation!
What mediation!
There will be no mediation!
"Our side absolutely does not agree to the opposing party's mediation conditions. The opposing party's mediation conditions are excessively unreasonable. Our side believes that there is no need to continue mediation!"
"Since Lawyer Ye does not agree to out of court mediation, our side can only initiate litigation."
Su Bai spoke with a smile.
"Then initiate litigation. See you in court!"
Ye Fei glanced coldly at Su Bai and turned to leave.
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