Thu, 22 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued procedural guidelines for handling civil cases involving foreign state immunity, implementing the country's shift from absolute to restrictive immunity under the new Foreign State Immunity Law.
Thu, 08 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a judicial interpretation and six guiding cases to tackle prepaid consumption disputes, invalidating unfair terms, protecting consumer refunds, and penalizing merchants who abscond with prepayments.
Thu, 08 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) released new guiding cases to strengthen supervision over civil judgments, ensuring fairness and correcting errors in court rulings, covering disputes like private loans and traffic accidents.
Thu, 08 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) reported the first-ever tort suit under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, enabling a Chinese firm to recover over CNY 84 million after a European partner withheld payment invoking a third country’s sanctions.
Thu, 08 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released eight typical telecom fraud cases, exposing new criminal methods and highlighting intensified judicial efforts after handling 31,000 such cases in 2023.
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2025, China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) released seven typical cases showcasing the vital role of people’s assessors in trials involving public interest, ethical issues, and professional expertise.
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2024, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued its first anti-anti-suit injunction in a patent dispute, Huawei v. Netgear, prohibiting Netgear from obstructing Huawei’s Chinese litigation, marking a significant step in global standard-essential patent governance.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2025, the Shanghai International Commercial Court, for the first time in China, applied a CISG Advisory Council Opinion to set the overdue payment interest rate in an international sales dispute, reinforcing uniform CISG application.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2025, China's Supreme People's Court launched a public “Diversified Dispute Resolution Case Database” with over 200 cases, showcasing mediation and arbitration examples across various dispute types to guide alternative dispute resolution.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a new judicial interpretation on marriage law, addressing issues like fraudulent property transfers and excessive live-streaming gifts.