Just be careful not to take cases involving strange parties.
I walked into the court and arrived at the door of the mediation room with ease. It felt like home.
When I opened the door, I found that Qiu Xiaoshuai had arrived opposite me, and a lawyer in his thirties was sitting next to him.
Seeing the person coming, Lawyer Wang looked up and then lowered his head.
The slightly balding man seemed familiar, he must be from the same industry.
But Lawyer Wang was a little suspicious. Why did the man stare at him as soon as he came in, as if he had a grudge against him?
What is this for? Aren’t we here to mediate today?
Zhou Yi took a look and saw that the person in charge of mediation was an old acquaintance, Judge Li Xusheng.
"Hey, Judge Li, nice to see you again."
Zhou Yi greeted them.
Li Xusheng nodded. When he saw the file, he knew it was Zhou Yi again. He felt that the frequency of the other party's prosecutions was almost catching up with the frequency of his own judgments.
Before Zhou Yi even sat down, Qiu Xiaoshuai started shouting, "Hey, how do you know each other? Lawyer Wang, this isn't right. This isn't fair to us..."
Lawyer Wang turned around and said helplessly: "This is a mediation. Everyone can appear in court."
However, Lawyer Wang's explanation did not satisfy Qiu Xiaoshuai. He still said, "What's wrong? What's wrong with mediation? Mediation is not possible. They can't know each other!"
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yi and Mr. Fang turned around and looked at Zhou Xinran.
Zhou Xiaocai still had a stern face, but judging from her constantly shaking shoulders, this girl seemed to be having a hard time enduring it.
then……
"Hahahaha..." Zhou couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at? Today I finally understand, this is how you rich people fight lawsuits? You've already met the judge before you even have any feelings for him, so how can we fight this?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yi stopped laughing and said, "I hope you understand clearly that this is mediation, not a court hearing. Do you know what mediation is?"
"From the look of your face, I can't tell. Mediation requires both parties to agree to it. The mediator is just acting as the middleman."
Zhou Yi didn't understand why this guy reacted so strongly.
Mediation itself is not a statutory procedure before trial. It is only intended to reduce the waste of judicial resources. After all, in civil disputes, if both parties agree, there is no need to go to court.
The mediator himself is really nothing here. His role is nothing more than to give both of you an opportunity to communicate well.
If there is no mediator here, it will be impossible for both parties to sit together.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yi explained it very clearly, but the other party didn't want to listen at all.
"I don't care. Change someone for me. If you don't, I won't mediate!"
Qiu Xiaoshuai doesn't care about that. Anyway, you know each other, and the court rules say you can change people if you know each other.
Lawyer Wang next to him didn't know what to say anymore, so he tried to persuade him, "Mr. Qiu, there's really no need. Whether the other party knows you or not doesn't affect the mediation at all."
Unfortunately, Lawyer Wang’s words even provoked a counterattack from Qiu Xiaoshuai.
"Lawyer Wang, I paid you, who are you speaking for?"
Zhou Yi, who was standing opposite him, laughed when he heard this. "Didn't you say your brother is a barrister? Why do these brothers actually call you Mr. Qiu?"
Li Xusheng's face showed helplessness as he said, "Since you've made the request, I can recuse myself. However, the judges in our Guangming District Court are all very busy, and we don't have any more available right now."
"If a replacement is needed, it will take a few days."
"That's your problem. I don't care anyway. If you don't change people today, don't even think about asking me to mediate!"
Zhou Yi was a little nervous at first, but upon hearing this, he exchanged glances with Fang Dazhao and said, "Judge Li, I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
"But now, I see that the other party's attitude is like this. They probably don't intend to mediate. So let's forget it. Let's just go to court at the scheduled time."
Zhou Yi felt that the other party did not understand the situation at all. Who was the defendant and who was the plaintiff? Who wanted to mediate?
If you keep complaining endlessly, then don't try to mediate.
It would be much better if we could just hold court at the designated time and place and make a direct judgment. Why make things so complicated?
Seeing that Zhou Yi and the other two were about to leave, Lawyer Wang could no longer sit still.
"No, Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment. There's no need to replace us. We still want to mediate..."
"Mr. Qiu, please stop talking. We need to take the initiative to mediate now. Didn't I tell you all this before I came here? Why are you…"
Zhou Yi on the other side said directly: "Sorry, now is not the time for you to discuss mediation. Now it is us who disagree with mediation. That's it."
"Let's go!"
Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Qiu Xiaoshuai, who was still standing there with his neck stiff, suddenly became anxious.
There are actually quite a few people like him. No matter what they do, they always feel that the other party will definitely compromise.
Before coming here, I had agreed to take the initiative to request mediation, but once my temper flared up, I figured the other party definitely didn't want to go to court, so I just wanted mediation...
Now that they are leaving, I am anxious.
"Lawyer Wang, what's wrong with you? Didn't you tell me you were a famous lawyer in Jingzhou? You worked in two law firms at the same time, and both of them were fighting for you. How did it become like this now? I already paid you!"
What? Fang Dazhuang, who had stood up and was about to leave, suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Qiu Xiaoshuai.
Zhou Xinran was also confused. Although she was a rookie, she was very familiar with the lawyer law.
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