What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Regarding whether to present this evidence, I also confirmed with Zhou Zhixing, after all, everyone knows what this means.

Across the court, Yu Niandong began to challenge the evidence, in fact when they first received the subpoena and the evidence materials, the leaders of their bureau were almost baffled by those materials.

Zhou Zhixing had quietly made an official complaint!

But there was nothing they could do on their side, Lincheng is still Lincheng, a prefecture-level city in Handong, and they can't just do whatever they want at the sub-bureau level.

Not to mention that Tang Fangjing is a well-known internet celebrity across the network.

"Firstly, I do not recognize the authenticity, legality, and relevance of Evidence One, our side has already inquired with the property management personnel, who can prove that these financial statements are not those used by them," he said.

"As for Evidence Two, the WeChat group chat screenshots..."

Soon, it was the turn for the crucial piece of evidence number four.

"Regarding Evidence Four, we acknowledge its authenticity and legality, but not its relevance, Lincheng City Traffic Police Department's Discipline Inspection Department has conducted an investigation and issued a related investigation report, proving that there are no acts of bribery," he stated.

After the challenge was over, Yu Niandong's side began to present evidence, and the points he made during the challenge had to be proven with evidence.

"Evidence One, the testimonies of the property company's general manager, financial manager, and others, as well as the current approval form samples they use, which differ in format from the approval orders provided by the plaintiff, thus the authenticity of the plaintiff's approval orders is in doubt," he presented.

"Evidence Two, the discipline inspection department of Lincheng City Traffic Police Brigade's report on... public sentiment verification, proves that there are no acts of bribery," he continued.

"Evidence Three, the WeChat group chat screenshots..."

Several pieces of evidence, and only the first two were newly presented, in the previous first instance, the investigation report was issued by the district's traffic police department, and this time by the department at the city level.

This was considered a response to Old Tang's last remarks, challenging the legitimacy of investigating oneself; now that the higher-level department has issued an investigation report, what can you say.

"Please begin your challenge, plaintiff," announced the judge.

Old Tang had already taken out two sets of materials from his bag at some point and now smiled and said, "Judgment Chief, I request to present a new piece of evidence for this challenge."

"However, this 'new' evidence is actually old evidence, in essence, it's not new."

What is it? Even Judge Sun Zonghao, who had been keeping his composure, was taken aback when he heard this, experiencing for the first time the feelings Old Zhou had before.

What is Tang Fangjing doing, introducing new evidence in court? Isn't this purely...

And what does it mean when 'new' evidence is actually old evidence?

Gazing at Yu Niandong across him, Sun Zonghao said, "Let's see the evidence first."

Old Yu and Xiao Liu exchanged a glance; they too had passed the legal bar and were aware that introducing new evidence in court usually meant exceeding the limit for presenting evidence, and the Judgment Chief could deem such evidence invalid.

Which is why many people who watch movies and TV shows might see lawyers suddenly producing new evidence, leaving the opponent speechless and winning the case—but that's all nonsense.

If you bring new evidence, the first to find fault will be the Judgment Chief.

How could the opposing lawyer not have had time to react, let alone expect the Judgment Chief, sitting comfortably as if fishing, to suddenly become responsive?

Who knows if your evidence is authentic? If there's a mistake, it could cause problems with the judgment, which could later lead to accountability issues.

A verdict is reached after much deliberation; lawyers who attempt sudden attacks are generally disliked by judgment chiefs, such as Old Tang.

Even though Judge Sun Zonghao had already formed an opinion on the case, he was prepared to declare Tang Fangjing's evidence invalid as soon as it was presented.

Old Tang, calm and composed, knew that introducing new evidence in court was likely to be contested, but what if the evidence was unquestionably valid?

He raised the two pieces of material he held and said with a smile, "Judgment Chief, this is my new evidence, the case material from the Changshan District Traffic Police Department submitted by the defendant during the first instance in this court."

"And this one beside it is the investigation report issued this time."

"Now, let's take a look, aren't they very similar? One could almost say they are based on the initial case material, with no new investigation conducted," he highlighted.

"Of course, if the defendant feels it necessary, they can request a forensic examination to ascertain the degree of similarity," he suggested.

He couldn't understand how the other side had done this, saying it was a newly issued investigation report, but a closer look revealed it was clearly just the previous materials.

They were blatantly disregarding the court.

So he, Old Tang, was determined to expose this, there wasn't much need for spoken words, just silent observation would suffice.

The materials were passed to Judge Sun Zonghao, and immediately his expression darkened. With his experience, he could tell at a glance that the content of the investigation was the same as before...

In other words, there had likely been no new investigation.

What did this mean? Old Sun no longer wanted to ponder that; more importantly, he had been the one to preside over the previous case!

It was utterly disheartening!

Suddenly, the two sets of materials were handed over to Old Yu, whose scalp tingled with anxiety. He was, of course, aware of these issues and had initially thought the other party wouldn't notice, but...

However, he had no choice, the report was issued by the higher-level department, and what else could he do but present it as evidence.

Old Sun spoke up: "Defendant, do you have anything to say? Do you wish to apply for a forensic examination?"