The "no-contact trial" in the face of the epidemic"
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2021-04-22
The "no-contact trial" in the face of the epidemic"
On the afternoon of February 17, 2020, after heavy quarantine, lawyers Huang Zhangcun and Zhang Hao from Zhongcheng Qingtai (Jinan) Law Firm came to the office to conduct an online court session on a construction contract dispute case.
The case of this hearing is special, the company represented by Zhongcheng Qingtai is a wholly foreign-owned company, the main person in charge is abroad due to the epidemic, the other participants are in Dezhou, Jinan, the trial court is the Qihe County People's Court. If the traditional hearing mode is followed, this situation in which the parties gather for hearings will be greatly detrimental to the prevention and control of the current epidemic. However, in order to settle the dispute as soon as possible and help the parties to determine the relationship between rights and obligations, under the auspices of the judge, all participants in the litigation agreed that the trial would be conducted through the newly introduced online litigation platform of the court.
Before the trial, the lawyers have uploaded various evidence and related legal documents to the trial system. Although the entire trial process passed the screen, it was still solemn, formal, clear and orderly. Different from many online court trials, this trial involves three litigation subjects, and the evidence is relatively cumbersome. However, with the help of the advanced online court trial system, the entire proof and cross-examination process is smooth and smooth.
The whole trial ended after an hour and a half, and all parties consulted the transcript of the trial and signed it through the electronic signature system. After the trial, the judge coordinated the original and the defendant to form a temporary WeChat group and carried out preliminary post-court mediation in the group.
In the face of the epidemic, the safety and efficiency of the "contactless trial" has once again been tested. Any legal innovation model that is beneficial to the parties, Zhongcheng Qingtai lawyer, has been at the forefront.
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