Sun, 24 Apr 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China published a landmark judicial policy on the enforcement of foreign judgments in 2022. This post outlines what to include in an application for enforcing a foreign judgment in China.
Litigation in China
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The 2021 Conference Summary enables an ever greater number of foreign judgments to be enforced in China, by making substantial improvements from both the “threshold” and “criteria”.
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme Court’s newly-issued 2021 Conference Summary on cross-border commercial and maritime litigation, addressed, among others, jurisdiction clauses, cross-border electronic service, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Sun, 19 Dec 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In July 2021, a Chinese court recognized a Singapore judgment based on reciprocity, a key prerequisite that was earlier confirmed by the China-Singapore memorandum on recognition and enforcement of judgments.
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
It costs less to sue in Chinese courts. Moreover, Chinese courts are trustworthy for the enforcement of commercial contracts.
Sat, 13 Nov 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Two recent notices issued by Chinese local courts manifest that the litigation explosion has delayed the trial schedule for many cases, amounting to a significant extension in the actual time of legal proceedings.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
Apart from pleadings and evidence, foreign companies in Chinese courts need to complete a series of formalities, which can sometimes be somewhat cumbersome. Therefore, it is necessary to spare sufficient time (and costs) to get ready.
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Under China’s People's Assessors Law, the assessors in a seven-person collegial bench can only participate in the fact-finding, but not the application of law. The newly issued replies from the SPC and MOJ clarify how the collegial bench shall produce a list of issues on the fact-finding, so as to sure the proper distinction between legal matters and factual matters.
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
You need to identify the address of the person or business you want to sue when preparing and filing a complaint before Chinese courts.
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
You need to know whom you can sue and then identify its legal name in Chinese.