Sun, 19 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

Since 2014, the Chinese Central Government has been casting more spotlight on commercial mediation, enabling it to play a more prominent role in China.

Sat, 11 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2017, the Hanoi High People's Court of Vietnam refused to recognize and enforce a judgment made by China’s Beihai Maritime Court, marking the first known case in the field of China-Vietnam judgments recognition and enforcement.

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

In 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued a report on the People’s Assessor System, revealing the role of people’s assessors in judicial practice.

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

It will impede the enforcement of this judgment in China, says the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). And the MOJ is not bluffing.

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

As of 2021, Chinese courts have granted 10,917 PPOs. When faced with this new tool against domestic violence, courts are learning how to use PPO best while preventing and solving concurrent problems.

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2022, the New South Wales Supreme Court of Australia ruled to enforce a judgment of a Shanghai local court, just before the 12-year limitation period expires. It marks the fifth time that an Australian court has recognized and enforced Chinese monetary judgments (Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co. Ltd. v Young [2022] NSWSC 943).

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

Most Chinese lawyers, especially litigators, traditionally only practice law locally. Online litigation, which has developed rapidly in China within the past five years, offers lawyers the opportunity to practice law remotely at a lower cost.

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

What is the best way in online litigation and digital justice? Centralized or Decentralized? Chinese courts keep exploring the best solutions in different fields.

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

China’s Supreme People’s Court elaborated on how Chinese courts apply the New York Convention when handling cases involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, in a conference summary issued in December 2021.

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Very unlikely. This is because the new policy on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments issued by China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), which has been implemented since 2022, will discourage local courts from doing so.