After more than twenty years of being left idle and forcibly occupied, a house was finally reclaimed with the legal assistance of Zhiming lawyers.
Recently, a property return dispute case handled by Attorney Zhang Qingping and Attorney Peng Jiong from the Wang Tengfeng legal team of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm achieved a victory after numerous twists and efforts.
In 1992, Mr. Li purchased a residential house in Baihua Village. Zhao was originally the construction team for this house, so Mr. Li asked Zhao to continue building an addition on his property. After the addition was completed, Mr. Li believed Zhao's quote was too inflated and never paid the full construction cost. After multiple failed negotiations, Zhao directly occupied the house and rented it out for profit. In 2006, Mr. Li obtained the green property certificate for the house. Mr. Li again demanded Zhao return the house, but Zhao repeatedly evaded. In recent years, Zhao's attitude worsened, leaving Mr. Li no choice but to resort to legal means to protect his interests.
Mr. Li learned that Lawyer Wang Tengfeng specializes in difficult and complex cases, so he came to Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm out of admiration. When we first met, Mr. Li's face was full of sadness as he informed Lawyer Wang Tengfeng of every detail of the case. It is evident that this case has been weighing on his mind for too long. After listening to Mr. Li's account, Lawyer Wang Tengfeng analyzed the case based on his years of experience in handling cases and gave Mr. Li hope through the use of literary and artistic rights protection litigation. Mr. Li decisively entrusted the case to Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng from Lawyer Wang Tengfeng's team. After accepting the case, Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng carefully studied the case and evidence and found that the house involved was not only old, but also different in nature from ordinary commercial housing. It was a self built house in the village, and even the house number could not correspond to the property certificate. Due to the special nature of this case, Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng dared not be careless and finally developed a strong defense plan by integrating emotions, principles, and law in literary and artistic rights litigation.
During the trial, the opposing party refused to admit their illegal actions and even claimed that the house was entirely their own. Faced with such unreasonable behavior, our side presented evidence such as the property deed one by one. Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, the opposing party could only nitpick, arguing that the actual house had no house number and therefore did not correspond to the property deed. In response, the court immediately commissioned a surveying team to conduct an on-site inspection, and the opposing party's false claims collapsed on their own. In the end, the court fully supported our claims, requiring the opposing party not only to return the house but also to pay for the twenty-plus years of occupancy and use fees.
