Chapter 403: No separate ruling-straight to the facts and the verdict
Faced with Su Bai's request for an immediate ruling, Chu Changhe, seated at the Judges' Bench,
briefly summarized and organized the current situation.
At present...
Both sides had essentially finished saying what they needed to say.
How this case should specifically be decided, and how the plaintiff's requests should be addressed-
ultimately...
It was still a question of allocating responsibility.
What he needed to determine was whether that responsibility should fall on Success Lawyer Firm and its two lawyers, Yu Cheng and Li Ming.
Of course, this could not be assessed solely through the statements of the plaintiff, Su Bai.
It also needed to be established from a legal perspective.
Yu Cheng and Li Ming had acted with subjective malice in this matter.
Furthermore, as lawyers, they had knowingly broken the law. Their deliberate fabrication of rumors and defamation were very apparent.
Although both had offered rebuttals and explanations,
their rebuttals and explanations were particularly weak in the face of the objective facts and evidence.
At this thought, Chu Changhe was about to strike the gavel.
The defendants, Yu Cheng and Li Ming, looked somewhat anxious.
Was he going straight to a ruling?
If he ruled just like that, wouldn't they be finished?!
If a ruling really was issued, the plaintiff's requests would very likely be granted.
The consequences would speak for themselves...
Their Lawyer's Qualification Certificates would be revoked, and their law firm would have to suspend operations for several months.
They could not afford such consequences!
At this thought,
Li Ming immediately spoke:
"Presiding Judge... we believe that specific questions of responsibility, such as whether there was deliberate fabrication of rumors and defamation,
"still require discussion..."
At the Judges' Bench, Chu Changhe frowned slightly.
"The evidence has