After Su Bai finished his statement.
The defense and statement stages of this trial were essentially over.
There was basically nothing else of significance, nor any issues left to supplement or answer.
What remained was to see how the presiding judge and the other two judges would rule on Su Bai's claims.
It was a fact that Success Lawyer Firm had spread rumors and engaged in unfair competition against White Jun Law Firm.
But how the claims would be adjudicated... or where the scope and limits of that ruling lay.
That was for the presiding judge and the collegial panel members to decide.
To give the simplest example: the plaintiff's request for a one-month public notice period had a legal basis.
But the presiding judge and the collegial panel members could decide whether to order a one-month public notice period.
Even if they ordered only one day of public notice, as long as they ordered it, that would comply with the law.
This was the discretion the presiding judge and the collegial panel members exercised at trial.
At the judges' bench.
As the presiding judge, Chu Changhe struck the gavel and announced an adjournment.
"All parties have completed their arguments."
"The collegial panel needs to deliberate further on the arguments presented by all parties and the plaintiff's claims."
"The court will now adjourn."
"The verdict will be announced when the adjournment ends!"
After speaking, Chu Changhe left the courtroom with the other two collegial panel members.
During the adjournment.
Su Bai looked relaxed. He had already stated everything that needed to be stated in this trial.
The evidence he had submitted also proved that the defendants had indeed done what they were accused of.
All that remained was to wait for the presiding judge to finish the deliberations during