What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Lincheng Intermediate Court's Filing Chamber, Old Tang was queueing up again with his bag, this time during the morning when there were still quite a few people around.

Finally, it was his turn, and Old Tang stepped forward to ask,

"Excuse me, comrade, I would like you to help me check the status of my execution case, to see what stage it has reached."

Behind the counter, the clerk Yu Xiaoli looked up and then habitually asked, "Give me the case file number."

Upon hearing this, Old Tang's face instantly revealed a puzzled expression as he said, "Ah? Case file number? This... I don't know it, nobody has informed me..."

As an experienced hand, Old Tang naturally knew that an execution also needed to be filed, and that any matter involving execution at the court must be filed.

Even after mediation, a compulsory execution must first be filed before it could be carried out, which was a necessary procedure.

But this time Old Tang was deliberately feigning ignorance; after all, in theoretical terms, execution reversal is essentially the court's own error correction process.

The case was misjudged by you, wasn't it? So once the retrial verdict comes out, you should proactively proceed with filing and then start the execution reversal.

However, in Old Tang's past life, one still needed to apply for such a reversal. If you didn't apply, some courts would simply pretend the matter didn't exist.

Moreover, you have to understand that this also falls under the statute of limitations, which is two years. If you don't act within two years, and later you go to handle it, then you run into the issue of defense against the statute of limitations...
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Hearing this, Yu Xiaoli frowned and said, "How can I check for you without a case number? Are you a lawyer? This window is for practicing lawyers, don't you even understand that?"

"If there's nothing else, please step aside. There are many people waiting behind you."

At this point, there were already lawyers standing behind Old Tang. Although everyone was systematically queued up, they habitually moved forward as their turn approached.

Hearing the words of the clerk inside, the lawyer behind chuckled and said, "Little brother, to check the progress of a case, you must have a case number. Without one, it means the case hasn't even been filed, and you won't be able to check it."

Upon hearing this, Old Tang's face showed sheer astonishment as he exclaimed loudly, "What? It hasn't been filed after all this time? That's not right!"

"What's not right, can you please not raise your voice? If there's a matter, speak about the matter!" Yu Xiaoli interjected again, increasingly convinced that the young man in front of her wasn't a lawyer; after all, how could a lawyer behave like this at a court window?

However, just as she finished speaking, she saw the young man across from her take a document out of his bag.

"Of course, it's not right that it hasn't been filed. Look here, this is the retrial verdict made by your court. See this, the previous criminal conviction was overturned, and the attached civil judgment was also revoked."

While speaking, Old Tang pointed to the content on the verdict and continued, "The civil judgment has been overturned, but the execution had been completed already. Your court should begin the execution reversal process, shouldn't it? Why is there no activity now?"

In his previous life, he couldn't stand such matters. Although the court staff was small in number and extremely busy, the mistakes that needed to be corrected had to be addressed promptly.

Because Yu Xiaoli hadn't received the judgment, and hadn't seen what it was about, she habitually said, "Comrade, I remind you again, would you mind keeping your voice down, please?

"For an execution reversal, you need to apply, and only after applying can the case be filed..."

However, before Yu Xiaoli could finish her sentence, Old Tang interrupted her.

"An application is needed for this too? You made the wrong judgment, then carried out execution on money that shouldn't have been taken, and now to get that money back, do we still have to apply ourselves? If we don't apply, you won't deal with it, is that right?"

"Then I would really like to know, who is the one at fault here!"

Old Tang's voice grew louder. He couldn't stand this in his previous life and had no choice but to compromise; if they asked for an application, he had to scurry back, prepare the materials, and apply.

But this life was different; he wanted a straightforward answer. He wanted to ask, by what right should he have to apply to the court again to get his money back after it had wrongly been taken? Why should he?

This was completely different from a compulsory execution application.

The entire filing chamber looked over at the commotion, and the lawyers who had been acting senior moments ago swiftly moved a few steps away with an expression that read "I don't know this person at all."

In fact, the lawyer was cursing incessantly in his head, frustrated by the seemingly random encounter with a lunatic. Why argue with the court? If they tell you to apply, just go apply; what's with all the pointless chatter.

Having just made a careless comment, he hoped he wouldn't be misunderstood.

Inside the window, Yu Xiaoli was baffled by Old Tang's rant, having never imagined that there would be a lawyer who dared to blast away like this at the Intermediate Court!

Lawyers clashing with judges? Sure, that happens. When lawyers from big cities handle cases in smaller places, arguments are not uncommon.

But this was the Intermediate Court, and he had started to rail right at the filing window. Did this man have a problem?

Still, given it was a service window with cameras around, Yu Xiaoli replied, "Would you please stop shouting? Without an application, we cannot file a case. 'By what right?' Obviously, it is stipulated by the law, what else could it be?!"

Hearing this, Old Tang suddenly laughed as he took yet another document out of his bag, this time handing it directly over and saying, "By legal stipulation, is that right? Come, take a look at this provision by the Supreme Court.

"You tell me, does it specifically state that an execution reversal process can only begin after an application is filed? Come on, tell me if that's true!"