Chapter 55: Accepting the Entrustment!

Since arriving at Baijun Law Firm, Li Xuezhen had participated in a total of three lawsuits.

The first was the bank case.

The second was the divorce fraud case.

The third was the death penalty case.

All three were criminal litigation cases, some of which included accompanying civil matters, but overall they were criminal in nature.

As for this labor law case, could it be that they were going to send the other party’s boss into prison?

Li Xuezhen looked at Su Bai with shining eyes.

“Lawyer Su, if our law firm takes this case, then are we going to send the other party’s boss into prison?”

Su Bai: “?”

What was this innocent female university student thinking?

What was going on in that little head of hers? Why was there such a strong sense of anticipation in her eyes at the mention of sending the other party’s boss into prison?

Cough.

Su Bai coughed lightly, interrupting Li Xuezhen’s imagination.

“This case is not about initiating some kind of lawsuit simply to send someone into prison. The most critical issue is the client’s demand.”

“The client’s most important demand is to recover the money, to recover their hard earned money, so what we should do above all is determine how to satisfy the client’s demand. That is the most critical point. Do you understand?”

“Lawyer Su, I understand. Not only do we need to recover the money, we also need to send that unscrupulous boss into prison.”

Li Xuezhen’s small face was flushed with excitement.

Just imagining it felt truly stimulating.

Su Bai: “?”

Remarkable.

Was she not supposed to be an innocent female university student? How had she changed now?

The principal issue in this labor law case was how to make proper preparations before litigation, together with some preparatory work regarding settlement conditions.

Generally speaking, under labor law, as long as there was evidence and a factual basis for the appeal, one could basically win.

But the crucial problem was that the other party simply dragged matters out and refused to pay, and that was extremely difficult to deal with.

Most of them had the money but refused to pay, deliberately dragging matters out in order to wear you down.

As for litigation, to be honest, it was not especially difficult. As long as one possessed sufficient evidence and the judge did not render an arbitrary judgment, then in terms of civil compensation, victory was certain.

If an arbitrary judgment were rendered, then as always, the ending would be extremely dramatic.

Moreover, at present this labor law case was a first instance case, and if during the first instance they could gather more evidence that decisively fixed liability on the other party, then even if there were a second instance, the original judgment would most likely be upheld.

Of course, the premise for all of this was that they entrusted Baijun Law Firm.

If they did not entrust them, then all discussion would be meaningless.

“Alright, stop thinking so much about it. The other party has not yet entrusted our law firm for the time being, so we will discuss it after they do.”

Su Bai first tried to calm Li Xuezhen down somewhat, lest this little head of hers spend all day thinking about sending people into prison.

Last time, when they sent the opposing lawyer into prison, it left Li Xuezhen with a continual sense of excitement.

If that continued over time and became habitual, what then? Would she one day look at the judge on the bench and want to send the judge into prison as well?

“Oh.”

After understanding this point, Li Xuezhen’s small face drooped, and she completely lost her energy.

Without a case, things felt dull, and without a remarkable case, things felt even duller.

When would she, Little Li, become an intern lawyer who maintained an unbroken record of four victories during the internship period?

She still wanted to become a partner of Baijun Law Firm.

Thinking of this, Li Xuezhen’s small face was filled with disappointment.

By comparison, her senior fellow disciple Xu Xiang was much busier within the law firm. Although he was currently handling civil settlement cases, with him in the law firm they were able to manage the workload, and they had also accepted a small criminal case.

It was not particularly difficult. It was a case involving defamation and insult.

The subject, subjective element, and objective element of defamation and insult were basically the same, with the difference lying in the objective aspect of the offense.

The offense of insult was basically manifested in the use of violence or other methods to mock and verbally abuse the victim.

Defamation, by contrast, necessarily involved fabricating facts damaging to another person’s reputation and disseminating them.

The cause of action in this small criminal case was a typical offense of defamation and insult.

The perpetrator had directly insulted the victim face to face, thereby damaging the victim’s dignity.

Moreover, the perpetrator had also engaged in private defamation, seriously infringing upon another person’s reputation.

Under Su Bai’s guidance, Xu Xiang was also seriously handling and preparing the litigation for this criminal case.

Barring unforeseen developments, since the evidence was conclusive, the victim would certainly prevail.

When Li Xuezhen heard about this case, she was very indignant and asked Su Bai, “Lawyer Su, this kind of defamation of others is really excessive, is it not? If we happened to encounter such a thing, what should we do?”

Su Bai smiled and replied, “If such a thing happens, the first step is to collect evidence and report it to the police. Do not attempt to prove your own innocence by yourself.”

“Law enforcement personnel will carry out the corresponding mediation and evidence collection.”

“Of course, if you believe the punishment is too light, or if the other party refuses mediation,”

“you may initiate litigation and request that the law enforcement authorities cooperate in submitting the corresponding evidence.”

“Take up the weapon of the law to protect your lawful rights and interests.”

“Fight back against them.”

Li Xuezhen’s small face became serious. “Understood, Lawyer Su.”

Xu Xiang also nodded seriously at the side. Although working at Baijun Law Firm was exhausting, there was a great deal to handle and progress came quickly.

Within the law firm, Xu Xiang and Li Xuezhen each harbored their own little thoughts and pretended not to know one another.

In reality, Su Bai had long since seen through everything. He fully understood the little thoughts of Xu Xiang and Li Xuezhen.

Did pretending not to know one another mean they were no longer senior and junior fellow disciples?

If they wanted to pretend, then let them pretend. Everyone could act as though they knew nothing about one another.

In that case, he could only pretend not to have seen through it.

There were three people in the law firm and eight hundred and two schemes among them. Su Bai accounted for eight hundred schemes, Xu Xiang accounted for one and a half, and Li Xuezhen barely accounted for half.

Oh, right.

At times Li Xuezhen could be regarded as having some scheming ability, but not much and not for long. Very well, let us reluctantly add another half.

By the afternoon, Su Bai was in his office preparing to take a midday rest.

He received a telephone call from the woman in the labor case.

Previously, Su Bai had already left his mobile phone number with the woman, and the two had exchanged numbers. Seeing the woman’s number, Su Bai casually answered the call.

“Lawyer Su, my husband and I have discussed it and we would like to entrust Baijun Law Firm with this lawsuit, but at present my husband is still recovering at home and cannot go to the law firm. Lawyer Su, would you be able to come over?”

The woman’s voice carried a tone of pleading.

Su Bai nodded slightly. “Of course that is possible. Please give me an address, and later in the evening we will go over to understand the detailed circumstances.”

“Alright, thank you, Lawyer Su.”

The woman expressed her thanks once again.

After hanging up the telephone, Su Bai walked out of his office and saw Li Xuezhen sitting at the desk reserved for intern lawyers, seriously studying Criminal Law and Administrative Procedure Law, while also recording something with a pen.

Cough.

Su Bai coughed lightly. Li Xuezhen raised her head slightly and carefully covered up what she had been writing with her pen.

Su Bai twitched the corner of his mouth. Even without uncovering it, he knew what she was studying, but he had not originally intended to continue investigating it.

“Come out with me. In that labor law case, the client has decided to entrust our law firm. Come with me and ask the client about the specific circumstances of the case.”

“Bring the entrustment contract as well.”

“The labor law case has entrusted our law firm?”

Li Xuezhen’s small face was filled with excitement. “Alright, Lawyer Su, I will go prepare right away!”