Eto Law Firm, 11 a.m.

There are several A4 papers placed on a table in the office, and the tails of the papers are stamped with the bright red seal of the court. One of them is a notice of change of jurisdiction, informing the plaintiff that the case has been transferred from the Shinjuku District District Court to

Tokyo High Court. There are several other pieces of paper, which are decisions regarding the addition of a third party. The court has officially decided to add the Aoba Terrace Apartment Owners Committee and the Baileys Restaurant Club as third parties.

Next to her, Miyagawa pursed her lips slightly, flipping through the documents one after another carefully, for fear of missing something. Her eyes were looking at the notice of change of jurisdiction from the Tokyo High Court, still a little unbelievable.

The scene in front of her. This was the third case in her life. She didn't expect that she would go straight to the High Tribunal. You know, the appeal trial of the High Tribunal is the Supreme Tribunal. If the case enters the appeal trial process, then

It even means that she will appear on the stage of the Supreme Court.

Thinking of this, Miyagawa even became slightly nervous, and the hand holding the court document was shaking slightly. She had to turn her head to look at the man next to her. Kitahara, he had once again disturbed the entire case.

At this moment, this young man wearing a scale and sunflower badge is sitting in front of his desk with great interest. I don’t know when a chess set has been placed in front of him. The chess pieces have been placed in front of him.

Put it on the board and set up the formation. The chess players on both sides have begun to fight. However, the seat opposite him is empty. The young man in front of him does not know how to play the game with the master.

"Kita...Kitahara?" Miyagawa caught a glimpse of this scene and couldn't help but asked curiously, "You...are you playing chess with yourself?"

The corners of Beihara's mouth raised slightly, he put his fingers in front of his lips to make a "shh" gesture, and said softly: "I am playing chess with my opponent."

This has been my habit for many years since Beiyuan.

Every time before encountering a major case, Kitahara would take out a chessboard and "play chess with himself". He would imagine him as his opponent, and then engage in an empty legal deduction battle with himself.

Although it may appear to outsiders that he is playing chess, in fact, during the chess game, Kithara is deducing the possible trend of the case in his mind with every step he takes.

The trend of the chess game on the scene actually represents the trend of the case.

Right... where is the opponent? Miyagawa looked at Kithara's nagging expression and knew that he was teasing her again. He turned away angrily, but one eye couldn't help but still looking at Kithara.

He looked like he was concentrating on thinking, but I didn't know if he was really thinking about the case, so his heart suddenly started to waver, and he wanted to ask Beiyuan for advice.

"Kita...Kitahara." Miyagawa held several applications for adding a third person and couldn't help but ask: "Right...my opponent, why did you apply to add so many third persons."

"As a top student, can you admit defeat so easily?" Beihara turned around and smiled softly.

Hearing what Beihara said, Miyagawa's cheeks suddenly blushed slightly, and he turned his head away rather embarrassed, as if he was really ashamed of his laziness, and immediately began to study the documents seriously.

Beihara's brows twitched slightly, but he didn't expect this girl to be as serious as ever. He stood up, walked to Miyagawa's side, looked at these decisions about adding a third person, just shook his head, and said with a sneer: "

You can think about the reason why the other party added a third party. But I can tell you the reason why the court added a third party. The Tokyo High Court is probably more or less under the pressure of public opinion. In fact, these two third parties

People, Aoba Terrace Apartments and Baile Restaurant Club should not be added."

When Miyagawa heard this, he had to raise his head and said, "Why do you say that? Isn't the condition of adding a third party closely related to the outcome of the case?"

Kitahara smiled and said, "Take a closer look at the conditions for adding a third party in the Civil Procedure Law. It says that it has a legal interest in the case, rather than simply having an interest. In other words, legally

Interests are not necessarily actual interests. If the Shogun Hotel is really demolished, the interests of the actual operators of Aoba Terrace Apartments and the hotel will be damaged. But this damage is only a fact.

The interests are damaged. The actual operators of Aoba Terrace Apartment and the hotel have no direct legal involvement in this infringement dispute. Strictly speaking, they cannot be added as third parties. More generally speaking, for example,

, a person lost a lawsuit and lost money, resulting in a decrease in family property. The interests of this person's family members were also damaged because of losing the lawsuit. However, these family members whose interests were damaged obviously cannot be added as third parties.

Come in. Because here, there is a lack of legal connection. Therefore, there is only a simple factual interest, but no legal interest. In fact, you cannot participate in the lawsuit as a third party."

"The reason why the Tokyo High Court agreed to the other party's additional application for a third party is probably, to a certain extent, due to the pressure of public opinion. Now that this case has received a lot of public attention, it coldly rejected the request of another person as a third party.

If a person applies for an additional sentence, it is expected to leave the public with a cold and ruthless impression of the judicial system. This conflicts with the warm judicial concept promoted by the tribunal in recent years."

"Anyway, the issue of adding a third person happens to be in a very vague border area. Even if the addition is wrong and the addition is wrong, the tribunal will not be at fault. It is better to muddle along and add a third person. I guess this is the tribunal agreeing to the other party's addition of a third person.

The reason why the person applied.”

When Miyagawa heard that Kithara had already casually refuted the defendant's application for adding a third party, she couldn't help but secretly admire her again. She seemed to have seen the dance of swords and shadows, and an invisible collision with the other party's lawyer just now.

The moment Kitahara talked casually happened.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unfortunately, according to the Civil Procedure Law, when adding a third party, the court does not need to consult the other party's opinion, and can directly decide whether to add a third party based on its authority.

If the law stipulates that the other party's opinions must be consulted, then I am afraid that at this time, before the case goes to trial, Kitahara is already fighting with the other party's lawyer.

Miyagawa continued to flip through the documents, and then saw the notice of the composition of the collegial panel. She was also curious about which judge the Tokyo High Tribunal would assign to hear this case that attracted great public attention. She flipped the pages gently.

When the collegial panel was formed, a familiar name caught his eye.

Judge Eda Aoinobu?! It's him again?! Miyagawa was dumbfounded and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Kitahara, I didn't expect that the judge this time would be the judge involved in the neighbor's right-of-way dispute! He...

He was actually transferred to the High Inquisition!"

"Don't worry about it." Kitahara smiled and walked back to the chessboard. There was no emotion or surprise on his face. In fact, he had already known that Eda would be transferred to the High Court during the dispute over the right of way in the neighboring land. It was just this.

The world is really a little small. Kitahara raised the chess piece and continued:

"The same judge will have different effects in different cases. In disputes over neighboring land rights of way, Judge Eda is indeed quite disadvantageous to us. However, if it is this kind of case, then

Let’s just say it’s not necessarily true. A judge who insists on judging cases according to strict legal principles must do so even if it will produce some ridiculous practical effects. Our dispute at the General Hotel needs this type of type

The judge. Our opponent has been sitting for so long, it’s our turn to sit down.”

"By the way. What's the schedule of the case? When will the trial start?" Kitahara asked.

Miyagawa lowered his head and flipped through the A4 paper, looked down a few more sheets, raised his head and said, "The case will be heard on Christmas Eve."

"Christmas Eve." Beiyuan looked at the ceiling faintly, holding the chess piece in his hand and landing it on a square of the chessboard, "This Christmas Eve, it seems that it will not be peaceful."
Chapter completed!