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SPC Releases 30th Batch of Civil Guiding Cases

Mon, 13 Dec 2021
Categories: China Legal Trends

On 11 Nov. 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the 30th batch of guiding cases, totaling six cases, which involve credit card skimming and other civil cases.

As we mentioned in “Does China Have Case Law?”, Chinese judges only apply statutory law. However, the SPC is trying to establish a certain degree of “case law”. China's Guiding Cases (指导性案例) refer to cases selected by the SPC from the effective judgments of courts nationwide through specific procedures, and should be referred to by courts at all levels when hearing similar cases.

The published cases are mainly civil contract-related cases, involving disputes over purchase and sale contracts, financial loan contracts, credit cards, lease agreements, and construction contracts.

 

 

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Contributors: CJO Staff Contributors Team

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