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Contract Fraud of RMB 30 Million: Suspended Sentence
Z, legal representative and general manager of Company Y, held 16 mu of industrial land with 14,000 square metres of buildings on a 50-year collective…
Twenty Elderly Residents Sue a Neighbourhood Committee Officer
Residents of a sub-district reported that a neighbourhood committee officer had borrowed money from them over several years for purported family expen…
Divorce Petition Refused at First Instance, Granted on a Fresh Action
A and B married after a long acquaintance and had two sons. After years of disputes A petitioned for divorce in Baoshan District. The court held that …
Jurisdiction as Strategy in a Cross-Pacific Divorce
A couple living on opposite sides of the Pacific separated. The husband petitioned in Shanghai for divorce, seeking custody of their only daughter. Ra…
Legal Bridge: A Full-Cycle Cross-border Family Service Product
The firm has developed "Legal Bridge", a full-cycle service for cross-border families, foreign nationals in China, overseas Chinese and holders of cro…
Inheritance Dispute Mediated After a 40/60 Judgment
Two brothers disputed their mother's estate — a flat in Xuhui District worth about RMB 5 million, left without a will. The elder brother sued for 80 p…
Housing Sale Contract Dispute: Exchange Contract Declared Invalid
A company chairman held the lease of a Hongkou District flat and sublet it rent-free to the general manager of Company A. The manager forged a public-…
RMB 8 Million Home Seized in Another Creditor’s Enforcement: Seizure Lifted
A couple in their sixties bought a flat and underground parking space from a developer for RMB 8 million, paid in full and moved in. Registration of t…
Brothers’ Property Partition: Settlement After Years of Litigation
Their mother died in 2021 leaving a Xuhui flat worth over RMB 5 million and no will. The elder brother sued for 81.25 per cent; the court awarded him …
Seven Years Separated, Three Years of Failed Negotiation: Divorce by Mediation
Chen and Li married in their twenties and had a son. Chen, a demobilised military officer, was allocated a service apartment and bought a family home …