Chapter 463: Changing Generals in Battle
Seeing Wu Kaiming's car here, it is estimated that the person has arrived a long time ago, Zhang Ruiming knows too well that he is a former teacher, Wu Kaiming has risen in value in recent years, and basically rarely appears in court in person, and the price of his case is generally two extremes, either it is a civil case with more than seven figures of agency fees, or it is as "politically influential" as today Wu Kaiming did not take a penny for this kind of administrative lawsuit fought by a powerful department in the city, but the actual income was something that could be clarified by the agency fee.
The vice president of the lawyers association was able to fight in person, proving that the Bureau of Natural Resources has also worked hard, Zhang Ruiming has a layer of haze in his heart, compared to the "killing power" at the main entrance of the trial, Wu Kaiming's more strong points are still in the layout of the article and the "off-board moves", this Zhang Ruiming's former teacher has taught him more than once: Now the domestic third-rate lawyers are talking nonsense, and the second-rate lawyers are conscientious and rely on evidence, and the first-class lawyers have won before the trial.
In short, in his eyes, the court has long been devoid of any sacredness and awe, everything has been decided before the trial, and the rest is just a boring drama to coax the parties.
"This is simply a blasphemy of the three words of the lawyer!"
Zhang Ruiming actually wanted to express his views to Wu Kaiming a long time ago, he never thought that this way of winning the case was correct, the trial link should be the top priority of all litigation links, only put everything in the sacred court, prosecutors, lawyers, witnesses, and so on and so on The participants in the litigation have put themselves into this sacred "temple" In the middle, tearing, strangling, fighting, everything is like the arena of ancient Rome, so that after the views of both sides are fighting, the argument can become clearer and clearer, and the true meaning of the fairness and justice of the law can be demonstrated.
This is Zhang Ruiming's sacred understanding of the court all along. However, Wu Kaiming, an old-school lawyer, has long been accustomed to the past: "black room operation" and "wine table finalization", and they also tried to give these major cases outside the court. How did this not make the enthusiastic teenager feel angry, which was also an important reason why Zhang Ruiming left the Taizheng Office in the first place.
Treatment, money, and status have never been things that Zhang Ruiming values, and he has experienced his father's resignation, but he still hopes to live a clean and innocent life, hoping to display his ambitions on a stage that can demonstrate his legal beliefs. Therefore, after gradually drifting away from Wu Kaiming in terms of legal concepts, Zhang Ruiming turned his head and plunged into the new "virgin land" of public interest litigation.
Over the years, his road has become more and more difficult, but Wu Kaiming has become more and more comfortable, Dazheng Office has become the leading law firm in Tianjin and Hong Kong, and his career is already in full swing, even with Liao Cai and other Zhang Ruiming's former sisters and brothers, he has entered the situation of seven figures, or even eight figures, and he ......
This sometimes makes him wonder if what he has been holding on to is wrong.
Fortunately, at the 25th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the Central Committee deliberated and adopted the "Opinions on Promoting the Reform of the Criminal Procedure System Centered on Trials", proposing that "the establishment of a trial-centered reform of the litigation system not only puts forward requirements for court trials, but also emphasizes that from the source of criminal proceedings, it must be in accordance with the requirements and standards of adjudication, comprehensive, and standardized."
collecting, fixing, reviewing, and using evidence to ensure the fairness and justice of case adjudication......"
The reason why he was able to stand in the court resolutely in such a sensitive and complex case today and face the confident Wu Kaiming was also because of the changes in the environment brought about by the judicial reform, which gave him the courage and confidence to believe in judicial fairness and the supremacy of the law.
After seeing Wu Kaiming's car, Zhang Ruiming thought all the way, and Zhang Liang next to him gently patted him on the shoulder at this time, the little girl looked a little in a trance, she had already heard about Wu Kaiming's prestige, and she was already a little stage frightened today.
"Minister...... Today is really the same Wu Kaiming of Taizheng again? Tsk, isn't he basically not going to accept a lawsuit that he is sure to win...... What are we going to do later......"
Zhang Ruiming turned his head to look at Zhang Liang's appearance, he knew that this girl was a little frightened, and hurriedly comforted.
"Today's lawsuit, we have a great advantage, now, the previous Taisho firm Wu Kaiming on the grounds of "otherwise provided by law", put forward a request not to be heard in public, has been rejected by the Intermediate Court, today's case even if their Taizheng lawyer firm is powerful, the peripheral sources are emptied, but the impact can not be eliminated. We are "three points higher than reasonable", plus this is the province's first administrative public interest litigation, the provincial prosecutor Zhao has already said, this case should be tracked and filmed, shoot more materials, and strive to make a propaganda film for our city procuratorate, we work hard, today this case is done, the province will definitely report the national public interest litigation model. ”
Hearing the encouragement in Zhang Ruiming's words, Zhang Lianglian nodded. There is also antiquation in her expression, she has been to the city inspection for more than three years, and has been following Zhang Ruiming in the past few years, and the business ability of the whole person has been reborn by leaps and bounds.
Seeing that Zhang Liang's enthusiasm had been mobilized, Zhang Ruiming said in a deep voice: "...... Although the background of this case is complicated, the facts of the case are still simple, so we must play steadily in the trial, and push forward step by step according to the strategy that has been formulated long ago, and the rhythm should not be chaotic, and the rhythm should not be rush......ed."
Zhang Ruiming instructed that the two had already arrived at the Fifth Trial Court of the Jingang Intermediate People's Court, which is relatively new, and is generally a court for administrative cases, so the decoration is still bright, and the air feels a little stuffy when you walk in, and it is obviously a rarely used courtroom.
As soon as Zhang Ruiming walked in, he suddenly saw a familiar tall figure standing next to the trial platform, leaning on his body, one hand propped up on the trial platform, and the other hand was patting the young judge on the back of the trial table cordially, as if giving the presiding judge a lesson, whispering something, not to time to let out a few laughs, personal calm and relaxed, although he was only wearing a lawyer's robe, but as if the entire court was under his control, at this time seeing Zhang Ruiming come in, he just turned his head, completely ignoring this almost undefeated public interest litigation prosecutor。
This person is Zhang Ruiming's old acquaintance, the director of the Taizheng Office, and the vice president of the Jingang Lawyers Association - Wu Kaiming and Wu Dazhuo.
The young judge in his robe, who was next to him, reacted clearly to the sudden appearance of the prosecutor of the procuratorate, and quickly shut down, leaned to the side, and showed a neutral and impartial position as if he had made up for it.
This young judge has a round face, and Zhang Ruiming is very kind to him, but in the previous communication, I already knew that he was the new judge of the public interest litigation court, and it seemed that his surname was Chen, and Zhang Ruiming was not particularly clear about the specific situation, but it seems that he is not very old, and he is so close to Wu Kaiming, no matter how you look at it, it is not a good thing for the city inspection.
Zhang Liang was busy with other cases recently, and when he suddenly saw this unfamiliar presiding judge, he was a little at a loss, so he turned his head to look at Zhang Ruiming and said curiously: "Didn't President Lu Youliang of the Public Interest Litigation Division serve as the presiding judge in this case at the beginning? Why is it that he has been replaced now?"
Zhang Ruiming smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Hey...... Although the leaders of the Intermediate People's Court considered the impact and did not put these contradictions on the table, they rejected the request of Wu Kaiming and their firm on the grounds that they did not meet the statutory reasons for recusal, and formally rejected this unreasonable recusal application, but I don't know what actions they did later, and now the Intermediate Court has changed a presiding judge, in fact, they have achieved their goal, and now they will be replaced by this young Judge Chen。 ”
The change of generals, coupled with this unexpected calm, let Zhang Ruiming know that the table of this case is already very sinister, and the scene is very difficult for the Jingang City Procuratorate to deal with.
But the more pressing the situation, the more momentum can't be lost, Zhang Ruiming puffed up his chest and stepped in first. At this time, in the solemn courtroom, Wu Kaiming didn't know whether to deliberately put pressure on him, or deliberately show his relationship with this Judge Chen, and was still standing in front of the trial platform at this time, looking at Zhang Ruiming coldly.
The time is about to move towards the scheduled time of the trial, and the big war is about to break out.
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Now that there are still a few minutes to go from the courtroom, Zhang Ruiming and Zhang Liang are not close to the presiding judge like Wu Kaiming, he directly led his assistant to sit in the position of the public interest litigation prosecutor, and a female clerk has already sat in the clerk's position under the trial table, turned on the computer, and debugged the equipment.
Seeing Zhang Ruiming's grim expression, Judge Chen also felt the pressing atmosphere at this time, he coughed, and Wu Kaiming next to him no longer talked to him, but also directly put on a straight face, took two assistants, and sat on the agent's seat, while bowing his head and talking with the representative of the indicted organ next to him, while looking up at the prosecutor opposite from time to time.
Seeing that the master had silver hair at this time, but he was more wise and elegant, Zhang Ruiming still felt a little emotional, after Wu Kaiming took over this case and their Dazheng Office, he still met Wu Kaiming once when he exchanged evidence before the trial, and there was no prior communication between the two of them, unlike the previous cases of Jingang No. 4 Middle School and Tianjin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry, whether it was Wu Kaiming or Liao Cai and other junior sisters and brothers on the side of the Dazheng Office, at least make a phone call first to communicate, this time the transfer of gold case, the entire Taizheng Office is completely public-to-business, and I didn't think about giving Zhang Ruiming a trace of face。