You became a lawyer and sent the judge in?

Chapter 403 No more judgment, just state the facts and the verdict

Facing Su Bai's application for direct judgment, Chu Changhe sat on the bench.

Simply summarize and organize the existing situation.

at present.…

What both parties should have said has basically been said.

How should this case be judged specifically, and how should the plaintiff's claims be determined.

After all...

There is still a problem of division of responsibilities.

What he needs to decide is whether this responsibility needs to be divided between Chenggong Law Firm and two lawyers, Yu Cheng and Li Ming.

Of course, this point needs to be seen not only from the statement of the plaintiff Fang Su Bai.

It also needs to be confirmed from a legal perspective.

Yu Cheng and Li Ming had subjective malice in this matter.

Moreover, as lawyers, the two knew the law and broke the law. This is very obvious and they intentionally spread rumors and slander.

Although the two refuted and explained this.

However, the two people's rebuttals and explanations are particularly weak based on objective factual evidence.

Thinking of this, Chu Changhe was about to sound the hammer.

The two defendants, Yu Cheng and Li Ming, seemed a little anxious.

Is this a direct judgment?

If they were judged directly like this, wouldn't they be doomed? !

If it is really determined, then the plaintiff's claims will most likely be implemented.

The subsequent results are self-evident.…

Their law licenses will be revoked and their law firms will be suspended for several months.

They cannot afford such consequences!

Think of this.

Li Ming immediately spoke:

"The presiding judge... We believe that there are specific liability issues, such as whether there is intentional rumors and defamation."

"This needs to be discussed..."

Chu Changhe frowned slightly at the trial table:

"The evidence is now before the trial."

"You just admitted that there was unfair competition."

"The evidence shows that the parties involved, Yu Cheng and Li Ming, were the two people who carried out the initial act of spreading rumors."

"Is there any specific issue of liability? Is there any intentional spreading of rumors and defamation? There is evidence for this. Is there anything else that needs to be discussed?"

Facing the presiding judge's questioning, Li Ming wanted to continue to express something, but was interrupted by the presiding judge waving his hand.

"If the defendant can produce any evidence, it can make a statement."

"But if the defendant does not have any evidence, he just wants to show subjectively that he does not have such malicious tendencies."

"My suggestion is that the defendant does not need to continue to make statements. The collegial panel will make a corresponding judgment based on the existing objective evidence."

"Based on the above, I would like to ask if the defendant can produce any substantive evidence?"

Li Ming was speechless. He really couldn't produce any substantial evidence!

Facing the presiding judge's question, Li Ming could only shake his head: "Presiding Judge."

"We currently have no substantive evidence."

"Ok!"

Chu Changhe nodded: "Since there is no substantial evidence."

"So does the defendant have any objections to the above content of the defense?"

When Li Ming heard this question, he could only continue to shake his head: "No."

"Ok!"

After questioning Li Ming, Chu Changhe then asked the lawyers appointed by the other three media outlets if they had any other objections to the trial.

After getting an unobjectionable answer.

Chu Changhe banged the gavel: "No party has any objection to the above defense."

“The collegial panel rejected the decision made by the plaintiff.”

"Reason for rejection: The verdict is announced together with the trial result."

"We will not make judgments on related issues for the time being."

“Since all parties to the defense have no objections, the facts are clear, and the objective evidence is sufficient, the defense session is now over.”

"The following is a court statement."

"Please invite the defendant, Western District Metropolis Media, to start the court statement."

Faced with the presiding judge's decision to reject the application, Su Bai had no objection.

Because it can be clearly seen from the current trial situation...the presiding judge's tendency to make a decision.

The decision to reject the application does not mean to disagree with the decision.

But what?

Instead, it is planned to proceed directly to the verdict and shorten the trial time.

This idea of ​​the presiding judge can also be seen through direct court statements.

The court statement of West District Metropolis Media is very simple. In summary, it is——

Admit your mistake sincerely and leave the responsibility to the successful law firm.

It also requested the court to take into account the nature of its impact and reduce the publicity time for the public apology.

After court presentations by West End Metro Media.

The attorneys appointed by West District Minsheng Media and Tianyu Media also made statements from these aspects and tried to avoid the penalty for them.

For these three media outlets, what matters is not other penalty results.

Rather, it is the time limit for a public apology.

If a media company publicly apologizes for such a long time, the impact will be that the news published by the media and its credibility will be greatly compromised.

This is fatal for a media.

Therefore, the demands of the three media are basically the same.

After the three media outlets concluded the court session, Chu Changhe, as the presiding judge, then asked the defendant Chenggong Law Firm to make a court statement.

This time the presentation stage was conducted by Yu Cheng.

For this court trial, Yu Cheng's original plan was to win the trial.

Then it also plays a very positive role in their success as a law firm.

But what he didn't expect was that they were about to lose the lawsuit.

Not just losing the case.…

And they can hardly afford the consequences of losing the lawsuit!

Now we can only try to restore their subjective image as the defendant in the presiding judge's eyes through court statements.

Therefore... let the judgment after losing the lawsuit not be so serious.

After all... the result of losing the case was that his and Li Ming's lawyer qualification certificates were directly cancelled. Also, the successful law firm was suspended for a few months.

This is equivalent to directly ruining their career prospects and career paths.

Thinking of this, Yu Cheng spoke, and this speech was to apologize to Su Bai:

"President, our court statement is very simple."

"We know that our actions have had a great negative impact on the plaintiff. I would like to apologize to the plaintiff in advance."

"We also know that our apology may not be able to make up for the losses suffered by Bai Jun Law Firm and the reputational damage caused to Mr. Su Bai."

"We feel deeply guilty about this."

"but.…"

"In this final court brief, I would also like to state a few words about our successful law firm."

"And the psychological journey before spreading rumors."

"Our Chenggong Law Firm is not a big law firm in Beidu, because Beidu has many very capable top law firms."

“The previous operating conditions of our law firm were not very good.”

"Myself and other partners have always wanted to change the status quo of the law firm, but we have never had the chance."

"The reason why I went to the Baijun Law Firm to spread rumors this time, or in other words, the reason why I went to the Cibaijun Law Firm."

"The main thing I want to think about is that Bai Jun Law Firm is very famous in China, and its founder, Lawyer Su Bai, is even more famous on the Internet through short videos."

"I want to pass Dong Guoguo's case through my relationship with lawyer Su Bai, who is the defendant and the victim's lawyer respectively."

"It can be said to be an act of hype."

"But we did not expect that such a serious situation would occur and cause such serious losses to Bai Jun Law Firm."

"A little more."

"We can make a public apology to recover the losses of Baijun Law Firm."

"Clarify to the media that these matters are all our actions and our mistakes."

"Li Ming and I, as partners of Chenggong Law Firm, are also the defendants in this incident."

"We are also very aware of our problems."

"We also want to ask the presiding judge to consider from many aspects whether we did it unintentionally and whether there are other objective conditions."

"Use this to make the judgment."

"Presiding judge, the above is our court statement."

Yu Cheng's court statement was more based on empathy.

They want to let the presiding judge bring their perspective into their perspective through statements to make mitigating sentences.

But is this realistic?

Not realistic at all.

Because objective facts and objective conditions are already in front of us.

Say.

The presiding judge may not be able to sympathize with their situation during the trial.

Regarding Yu Cheng's statutory statement, Su Bai obtained the consent of the presiding judge to make a court statement.

There was no immediate rebuttal.

Instead, he asked a few questions.

"President, our court statement is based on the defendant's point of view."

"Here, I would like to ask the defendant a few questions."

"first.…"

"The defendant stated your psychological journey of spreading rumors. In the final analysis, isn't it still for unfair competition?"

“Are rumors and unfair competition illegal?”

"Do you know this is illegal?"

"In the previous defense, the defendant has admitted that your behavior was unfair."

"It can be inferred from this that the two lawyers of the defendant knew that what they were doing was illegal, but they still continued to commit this illegal act."

"The above are objective facts."

"also."

"I can also understand that in Beidu, the development of law firms needs to be slowly settled, and successful law firms want to seize any opportunity for development."

"But why can't we develop through legitimate channels and legitimate rights and interests, but use illegal means to develop?"

Yu Cheng remained silent and did not answer.

Seeing this, Su Bai continued to speak:

"From this point of view, the arguments of Chenggong Law Firm and the two defense lawyers now sitting at the defendant's table simply do not hold water."

"why?"

"Because the objective facts already exist."

"Objective evidence can already show their original subjective thoughts."

"It doesn't make any sense to state subjective ideas."

"Choosing to break the law, spread rumors, and engage in unfair competition are in themselves the thoughts and actions of two partner lawyers from a successful law firm who knew the law and broke the law."

"Whether it is from a subjective point of view, an objective point of view, or from a legal fact point of view."

"We do not agree with the practices and behavior of the defendant Chenggong Law Firm."

"We also do not accept the apology from the defendant Chenggong Law Firm."

"..."

Statement completed.

Su Bai looked up at the presiding judge's seat, waiting for the presiding judge's continued punishment.

Yu Cheng's statement, to put it bluntly, was to make the presiding judge empathize with them and understand their approach to developing the law firm.

But what is the fact?

The fact is, their approach does not inspire empathy.

why?

Because they are illegal!

As a lawyer, don’t they know that doing this will cause legal problems?

Definitely know!

So why do they continue to do this?

The purpose of doing this is that Bai Jun Law Firm may not sue.

Or maybe you think you can't catch them.

This is their original psychology...

As for the others, they are just excuses and reasons to evade legal sanctions.
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