[5] Landlord maliciously raises rent; lawyer successfully helps tenant defend rights.

In early December 2012, the party Wang, having been sued by his landlord and thus becoming an innocent defendant, sought legal assistance from Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm. After communicating with the Zhiming lawyers, they learned that the landlord of the rented shop leased by Wang had, in violation of the agreement, unilaterally doubled the rent, to which Wang expressed his disagreement. When Wang paid the rent at the originally agreed amount, the landlord initially refused to accept it, but later accepted the rent while noting "partial rent" on the receipt. Subsequently, the landlord used this receipt as evidence to sue Wang, concealing the fact that he had already known Wang was the person in charge of a chain pharmacy, and falsely claiming that he had only learned of this afterwards, alleging that Wang had subleased the premises without authorization. After detailed inquiry and careful analysis, the Zhiming lawyers, together with lawyer Cao Guanghui, clearly pointed out in court that the plaintiff, driven by profit, had violated the agreement by doubling the rent in order to obtain higher rental income, and that his alleged unauthorized subleasing by Wang was purely a fabrication to support his malicious unilateral rent increase. In the end, the court accepted the opinions of the two lawyers and ruled to dismiss all of the plaintiff's claims.