my wife is a consul

Chapter 82

Judge Christine's elegantly furnished office.

But for Lu Ming, the memories here are not very good. The first time he was locked up by a judge happened here.

Lu Ming and Smith sat where they were last time. Across from the desk was Christine, who was wearing a black judge's robe and was graceful.

"Yesterday, I had afternoon tea with several justices of the High Court and talked about this case all afternoon."

Listening to the opening remarks, Smith suddenly felt something was wrong, and was about to speak, but Christine stopped him by waving her hand.

"We didn't discuss any results, but they were all very interested in the three test criteria proposed by Lawyer Lu. Some people also mentioned that they hoped to encounter similar cases and introduce these three test criteria, but returning to this case, in view of Lawyer Lu's proposal The motion is immature, and I still tend to rule in favor of the plaintiff, but Baoyin Bank, as the subject, should not bear the responsibility for all losses of the plaintiff. The plaintiff needs to pay [-]% of the loss, and in addition, bear the litigation costs."

Lu Ming was very well-behaved, sitting upright, even a bit too well-behaved, he just listened without saying a word, as if he had changed his past after being locked up.

But after a quick calculation in my mind, Nadu Films, in fact, is still worth 80 million. Bi Hanting's loss is between 90 million, and his side bears 10% of the responsibility, that is, the maximum compensation is [-] yuan. The fee is not much.

In addition, as a result, Baoyin Bank's assets will be lifted soon, and it will not be completely cooled. As long as the depositors are appeased, there is still salvation.

Although the lawsuit apparently lost, but the actual result can be said to have won, and I have lived up to the trust of the Wei family.

As for his own agency agreement, it doesn't matter if he wins the lawsuit to get 20.00% of Baoyin Bank's shares.

Christine stopped Smith, who was about to talk, and she seemed very satisfied with Lu Ming's attitude, and said, "Of course, even if the defendant wins the case, it is not unreasonable, so I will think about it when I go back, and I will Refer to some cases, and you can prepare well before the court hearing tomorrow, and hope that you can have something new to convince me before I make a ruling."

Seeing that Christine finally finished speaking, Smith immediately said: "Your Honor, I request the court to postpone the case again, because the Wei family father and son are probably the parties who conspired with the fraudster to defraud me, and I need time to find evidence! "

Christine frowned slightly: "What about the evidence?"

Smith hesitated for a moment, "Just now, with Lawyer Lu present, the terms of the settlement agreement proposed by the defendant are extremely generous and unbelievable, so I have reason to suspect that the other party is eager to..."

Lu Ming coughed from the side, and raised his hand cautiously: "Your Honor, this is just my client trying to make up for his friend for decades of friendship..."

Christine waved her hand and glared at Lu Ming. This guy has an excuse. He has been pretending to be wronged since he entered the office.

"Then I hope you can find new evidence before tomorrow! And Lawyer Smith, according to the principle of child protection, you shouldn't mention to me the unreached settlement agreement!" Speaking of this, Christine couldn't help but look at the He glanced at Lu Ming.

Thinking about it again, Christine sighed softly, "Are you applying for an extension again? Thinking about it now, this case has been dragged on for too long. It is very unfair to Baoyin Bank and depositors. Attorney Smith, I hope you will At the time of the trial, if you can convince me, I have already begun to doubt the plaintiff's true intentions."

Smith was stunned, and it could be heard that the balance in Judge Christine's heart was tilting towards the defendant.

Originally, Judge Christine was going to reject the plaintiff's claim for damages, and only wanted the defendant to pay [-]% of the joint liability.

One hundred thousand, to be honest, it is enough to pay the client's expenses for this case over the past few months, including the accounting firm, and the full support of his own law firm, etc.

That is to say, the parties concerned spent time and energy for several months, but in the end they got nothing.

Although the law firm made money, the client actually lost, and the result was not very glorious.

And, obediently, Judge Christine may break the rules and directly quote the young lawyer's motion tomorrow to rule in favor of the defendant?

"Your Honor..." Smith wanted to say more.

"Okay, you guys go out, I have to think about this case, and I hope that you will have new discoveries tomorrow, so you can really convince me!" Christine waved her hand.

Smith and Lu Ming got up, and Lu Ming walked behind. When they reached the door, Lu Ming turned his head and stretched out his thumb, and whispered, "My lord is wise and mighty!"

Christine immediately rolled her eyes.

Lu Ming slipped out early and quickly closed the door behind him.

Christine originally had a serious and pretty face, showing a bit of helplessness, and there was a faint smile at the corner of her mouth. She shook her head and picked up the file on the table to look at it.

……

Sitting in Wei Baozeng's car under the steps of the court, Lu Ming shook his head and sighed, "It's really hard to be a licking dog!"

Wei Baozeng was dumbfounded, not understanding what Lu Ming meant.

Looking at Wei Baozeng, Lu Ming said, "It's good news. In the worst case, we may lose the lawsuit, but we only need to pay Dong a hundred thousand, and it is also possible that we will win the lawsuit."

"Really?!" Wei Baozeng opened his eyes wide.

Lu Ming nodded, "However, I still have to go back and prepare. Then Smith will definitely not sit still, I'm afraid something will happen!"

Wei Baozeng nodded: "Okay, then let's celebrate tomorrow!" Glancing at Lu Ming, "Don't worry, Qianxing, even if you are sentenced to lose tomorrow, but if the compensation is only about [-], then we still win. The agency agreement will also take effect according to winning the lawsuit."

Lu Ming waved his hand: "No, we still have to strictly implement the agreement, and I won't be greedy for anything."

Wei Baozeng showed appreciation in his eyes, and didn't say more, but it seemed that he already had some ideas in his heart.

……

Judge Christine had just sat on the bench the next morning when the Solicitor announced the opening of the trial.

Smith immediately stood up, "Your Honor, I request that this case be postponed, because we have new witnesses who have confirmed that Wei Baozeng and his son, in collusion with the fraudster John Rooney, are accomplices in defrauding our client! Therefore, I hope that this case will be postponed. Deal with it, wait until the criminal proceedings are over, and then try the civil claim part of this case!"

Lu Ming stood up, "Your Honor, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office has not yet made a decision on whether to file a criminal case against my client!"

I received a call from Cheng Lingyu last night. There was an informant, accusing the Wei family of conspiring to commit fraud.

It can only be said that a lawyer's network is extremely important.

Glancing at Smith, Lu Ming shook his head. He admired him at first, but he turned out to be a guy who would do whatever it takes to win.

Witness, more or less false, now Smith is going to drag this lawsuit, so he will suffer heavy losses, so, in order not to drag the lawsuit, he believes that his side will also propose the original settlement agreement to end this lawsuit litigation.

On the judge's bench, Christine nodded, and when she looked at Smith, her eyes were extremely dissatisfied, "If this is the case, you can wait for the criminal lawsuit to be filed, and then file a civil compensation lawsuit based on the outcome of the lawsuit!"

He looked at the plaintiff's seat and the defendant's seat, then at the auditorium, and the crowd of reporters behind the auditorium.

Christine said slowly: "This case has been 153 days since the filing of the complaint. It can be said that it has been protracted. This court agrees with the plaintiff. However, the defendant did not expect that the consultation would cause huge economic losses to the plaintiff. The relevant person directly responsible has either pleaded guilty or absconded, and the defendant has no intention of directly deceiving the plaintiff. .”

"If the defendant is declared liable, it will put many professionals in a dangerous situation, such as accountants. They calculate the accounts based on the data at hand. If the original data itself is false, the calculated results without their knowledge will be It will also be wrong, which will bring trouble and loss to the parties. Although criminally exempt, similar to this case, if the defendant in this case needs to be held accountable, these professionals will also be held accountable financially when they encounter similar cases in the future .”

"At the same time, the defendant had good intentions and helped his friends, and there was no negligence in his behavior..."

Lu Ming listened to Judge Christine's detailed explanation of the basis of her judgment before the verdict, and his heart gradually settled down. It seems that the defendant will be directly ruled in favor of the case.

To a certain extent, it is a step to recognize that the neighbor principle requires three test criteria.

There is no need for my second plan.

As for her repeated emphasis on the defendant's "no negligence in behavior", she refers to some situations where she did not do bad things with good intentions, such as non-professionals who want to give first aid, causing the injured to aggravate their injuries and so on.

Also in this case, if the Wei family had offered to help Bi Hanting to check the accounts of the client, the result might be different.

The case law is like this. In the absence of a jury, it mainly depends on the will of the judge. In the same case, different judges may have very different results, because there are not many statutory laws to refer to, and only basic legal principles can be used. Different judges have different understandings of previous precedents.

Of course, if the judge's reasoning is really far-fetched and cannot convince the other party's lawyer, then the losing party will inevitably appeal, and may even lead to serious complaints.

"Based on the above, I declare that in this case, the defendant did not have any negligence, and all claims of the plaintiff are dismissed!"

"Ding!" Judge Christine slammed down the gavel, and the legal officer immediately stood up and said in a long voice, "Leave the court!"

Everyone stood up in unison, watched Judge Christine step off the judge's seat, and returned to the inner room through the side door.

Wei Baozeng stood up abruptly, and was about to give Lu Ming a big hug, but Lu Ming had already walked away to talk to the secretary.

Wei Baozeng was stunned, he didn't know that Lu Ming was scared by others in this situation, everyone was very excited at this moment, his small body couldn't help it.

Smith looked frustrated.

Bi Hanting even turned around and walked out of the court. Wei Baozeng hesitated for a moment, quickly squeezed through the crowd, and chased after him.

(End of this chapter)