Chapter 5: Filing a Lawsuit Against the Bank in Return
Li Xuezhen had come to this law firm precisely in order to begin from a small firm and rely upon her own genuine ability to establish her reputation step by step within the legal profession.
If this criminal public prosecution case involving the bank could be won, then as an intern lawyer she would also be considered to have participated in it.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and she was filled with motivation.
Every day she traveled back and forth between the law firm and the court.
Even though she was unpaid, she remained full of energy.
Su Bai could only sigh with emotion that young people of this age, especially intern lawyers, were truly full of hope.
After taking a sip of Maojian tea priced at nine hundred ninety nine yuan for one and a half kilograms (≈3.3 lb), his sense of guilt at behaving like a capitalist employer diminished slightly.
Before long, the submission for final adjudication regarding the case of Wang Zizhong's son Wang Li was completed, and the application was approved.
At the same time.
The court summons also reached the legal department of the bank.
Within the bank, after receiving notification from the court, there was considerable surprise.
A lawsuit had been filed against the bank for improper operational conduct that resulted in the client Wang Li being sentenced, and compensation for personal injury and mental damages in the amount of two hundred thousand yuan was being requested?
What?
What did this mean?
In the case of Wang Li, the bank was the injured party, and they had not even requested that the court impose severe punishment upon him, yet now they had actually received a court summons from the opposing party suing the bank.
Was this not completely absurd?
Had the robbers now become justified?
The person in charge of Nandu Bank was extremely angered by this matter, because the opposing party had already provoked them directly, and such conduct could not be tolerated.
He immediately contacted the legal department and instructed them to handle the matter seriously and carefully.
The legal department promptly convened a meeting and conducted discussions regarding this litigation.
Originally the legal lawyers of Nandu Bank had assumed that the opposing party must be a major law firm, but after investigation they discovered that the opposing party's litigation law firm was merely a marriage consultation law firm, and they could not help laughing.
"What does this mean? Have they gone mad? It would already be remarkable for such a small marriage consultation law firm to accept a criminal case, but now they have even taken the initiative to file a lawsuit against our bank. Are they so eager to become famous?"
"Hahaha, this is simply a joke. We can treat them as a ridiculous spectacle. It is probably that this law firm has become obsessed with seeking fame and intends to attract attention through such extreme methods."
"I truly do not understand how a marriage consultation lawyer could feel qualified to accept a criminal public prosecution case. Is this another attempt to obtain money through deception?"
"Who knows."
"All right. Everyone stop speaking."
Xu Zhiqiang, the head of the legal department of Nandu Bank, possessed a square and imposing face and inspired authority without anger, and once he spoke, the conference room that had just been filled with loud discussion immediately became silent.
"The leadership of the bank attaches great importance to this litigation. It is essential that we prevail. However, prevailing alone is not the most important matter. The key point is that we must prevail decisively, and it would be best if the opposing party's sentence could be made even more severe. Do you understand?"
Those present were all legal personnel proficient in banking law, and they did not attach much importance to Baijun Law Firm.
"Director, according to the information available, Baijun Law Firm is merely a personal law firm and primarily one engaged in consultation services.
The practicing lawyer Su Bai has practiced for five years and has handled only five cases in total, of which he lost four, and although he won the remaining one, the victory was extremely unfavorable.
Although his client's marital joint property was preserved, the client himself was imprisoned for the crime of bigamy. If our legal department cannot prevail against such a lawyer, would that not be utterly humiliating?"
A male lawyer who appeared to be only in his early twenties spoke arrogantly.
Others voiced agreement.
"If such a person were to prevail, then the reputation of our bank would be completely destroyed."
"Prevail? With what could he possibly prevail?"
The lawyers of the bank's legal department were extremely arrogant and completely looked down upon such a small consultation law firm.
They also applied to the court for a live broadcast of the hearing and requested that Wang Li's final adjudication and the lawsuit against the bank be heard jointly.
This case was very unusual, and it quickly attracted the attention of the accepting court, namely the Nandu High People's Court, and approval was granted, and this outcome was closely related to the bank's operational influence.
At the same time.
Because of the special features of this case, the issue of seizing money in order to save one's father and being sentenced to twenty years of fixed term imprisonment could easily become a focal point of public attention on the internet.
During the first instance and the second instance of Wang Li's case, public opinion had already begun to form on the internet.
Now that the case had reached final adjudication, discussion regarding Wang Li's case gradually began to appear again online.
'Why has the bank now become a vulnerable party? When withdrawing money they demand this and that, yet when promoting credit cards they are very enthusiastic. I support Wang Li. If the bank had not created so many difficulties, Wang Li would already have withdrawn the money to save his father and would never have needed to rob a bank.'
'That is correct. When depositing money the bank staff behave very humbly, but when withdrawing money I am treated very humbly. I support him.'
'You do not understand the bank's difficulties at all. In fact the bank also has its own difficulties. Otherwise why is it that whenever there is a major incident involving lost withdrawals or lost funds, it is always attributed to temporary staff? This matter cannot be blamed on the bank. It should be blamed on temporary staff.'
'The person above, please add me to the group. I would also like to earn this money.'
Public opinion on the internet consisted almost entirely of criticism directed toward the bank.
After seeing the online public opinion, the person in charge of Nandu Bank became so angry that he issued a strict order that during this live broadcast hearing they must prevail, and moreover they must also prevail in terms of public opinion.
If this could not be achieved, then the entire legal department would be replaced.
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Within Baijun Law Firm.
Su Bai watched videos with evident satisfaction, and as he observed the one sided public opinion online, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
At present, it appeared that the lawsuit between himself and Nandu Bank, together with the matter of Wang Li's final adjudication, had already attracted widespread attention.
If they prevailed, the law firm would become famous.
If they lost, the law firm would disappear.
Li Xuezhen looked at the online public opinion with mixed feelings of hope and concern, because on the one hand such a great disturbance meant that if they prevailed they would certainly become famous.
However, if they were to lose, it would become a very serious blemish.
"Lawyer Su, this time our law firm has created such a great disturbance, if perhaps."
Su Bai lay back in his reclining chair and raised his head, but his line of sight was blocked by a piece of clothing, and only after tilting his head slightly did he see Li Xuezhen's face.
"There is no such possibility. Have you organized the cases involving Nandu Bank in recent years and the contact information of the victims as I instructed you?"
"I have already organized them."
"Give them to me so that I may examine them."
Li Xuezhen handed the materials to Su Bai.
Su Bai immediately turned to the page containing the contact information of the victims of litigation against the bank.
He then began to make a telephone call to the first number.
"Hello, I am a lawyer from Baijun Law Firm. I have heard that at a certain time you once filed a lawsuit against Nandu Bank but lost the case. Would you be interested in seeing how Nandu Bank might lose a case?"
"Yes, yes."
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"Very well, thank you for being willing to come and provide support."
After hanging up the telephone, he called the second contact.
He used the same form of expression.
Li Xuezhen looked at Su Bai with a trace of astonishment in her eyes.
Was it also possible to seek witnesses in this manner?