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 case concerning a dispute over the return of property, handled by lawyers Zhang Qingping and Peng Jiong from the Zhiming lawyer team of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm, achieved a favorable verdict after numerous twists and turns and persistent 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.
Upon learning that Zhiming Law Firm specialized in handling complex and difficult major cases, Mr. Li came to Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm out of admiration. At their first meeting, Mr. Li's face was etched with worry, and he recounted every detail of his case to the Zhiming lawyers. It was clear that this case had weighed heavily on his mind for far too long. After listening to Mr. Li's account, the Zhiming lawyers, drawing on years of case-handling experience, analyzed the matter and presented an artistic rights-protection litigation approach that gave Mr. Li a glimmer of hope. He decisively entrusted the case to Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng of the Zhiming team. After taking on the case, Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng carefully studied the facts and evidence, discovering that the property in question was not only old but also differed in nature from typical commercial housing—it was a self-built house in the village, and even the house number did not correspond to the property certificate. Given the unique circumstances of the case, Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Peng approached it with utmost caution, ultimately crafting a robust defense strategy that integrated reason, emotion, and legal principles within the framework of artistic rights-protection 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.
