Sun, 07 Jul 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts are studying how to protect the parties’ trade secrets from disclosure during litigation.
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
How does a Chinese court set a Case Number(案号) for each case?
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
For a long time, Chinese courts have assigned cases to judges by their own dedicated personnel. Now, Chinese courts are trying to replace the traditional practice with a random case assignment mechanism.
Mon, 27 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese judges work overtime to deal with the litigation explosion, which might render litigation less competitive than arbitration in China.
Fri, 24 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Law graduates, public civil servants, staff members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and veterans are the main sources of candidates for judges in China.
Sat, 04 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Foreign litigants are not allowed to use foreign languages in Chinese courts, but can request the court to provide an interpreter and/or a translator to translate their language into Chinese.
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In a Chinese court, a lawyer is speaking at a speed ten times slower than normal. Why?
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China makes a number of responses to guide local courts in making decisions for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in specific cases. Are these responses binding on for a court when deciding subsequent cases?
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In the hierarchical structure of Chinese courts, the courts manage cases and supervise judges by making and transferring case files. Therefore, case files show the most real aspect of Chinese litigation.
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 Insights
In China, service of process not only occupies a significant number of resources of the courts, but also delays the progress in case hearing. Why?