Sat, 12 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
On 20 June 2017, a Chinese local court in Chenzhou, ruled against recognition of a French judgment on the ground that the applicant failed to submit a return receipt of the said judgment.
Fri, 11 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In June 2017, a court in Fujian Province, China, rendered a judgment against recognition of an Israeli judgment, but we believe that a similar case is very unlikely to happen again in the future. What’ more, we are optimistic that Chinese courts will possibly recognize and enforce the judgment of Israeli courts in the future.
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The most important difference between litigation and arbitration in China is that judges and arbitrators have different ways of thinking.
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In trial activities, a Chinese judge will consider what kind of legal effect, social effect and political effect that may be incurred by a judgment to determine how to make a judgment.
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Why should Chinese courts try to resolve the enforcement predicament of civil judgments in two to three years (i.e., 2016-2018)? Justice Zhou Qiang (周强), president of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), explained this in a report on 24 October 2018, and introduced what the Chinese courts did for this.
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has been pushing all courts across the country to ascertain and apply foreign law as much as possible in the last three years.
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China-US trade war may bankrupt many Chinese companies, and Chinese courts should get prepared as soon as possible.
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Recently, China has established three Internet courts in Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou. These courts will try Internet-related cases online, all of which are located in the most flourishing and prosperous area in the aspect of China’s Internet industry.
Sat, 08 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
An empirical study, conducted by Prof. Liu Jingdong, analyzes China’s progress on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards since 2015, through a comparison between 81 cases in 2015-2017 and the pre-2015 replies issued by the Supreme People’s Court of China.
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The judge quota system refers to the system for determining the number of judges in the court. In the judicial reform, the SPC attempts to rationally determine the number of judges in each court in a scientific way and then select the right candidate to serve as a judge.