Hundreds of thousands in gambling funds wrongly ruled as a loan, Zhiming lawyers intervene and win a reversal in the second instance.
Today, Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm received another piece of good news! A case handled by lawyers Cao Guanghui and Peng Jiong from the Zhiming legal team, which was disguised as a private lending dispute but was in fact a gambling debt conflict, ultimately ended in our favor after the second instance trial. The heavy burden on our client's mind has finally been lifted.
Earlier this year, Zhao learned that Zhiming Law Firm specializes in resolving difficult and complex major cases, so he came with his last glimmer of hope. While talking with the Zhiming lawyers, he said with a worried expression, "He set a trap and tricked me into a gambling game. I was momentarily bewitched and lost a lot of money, and then he made me sign an IOU—hundreds of thousands! All gone! I even lost in the first trial. I really have no other options, please help me!" The experienced Zhiming lawyer, after listening to Zhao's rough account, immediately identified the key and difficult points of the case. He told Zhao that this case actually involved gambling debts, not ordinary private lending, and gambling debts are not protected by law. Upon hearing this, Zhao seemed to see a ray of hope and immediately signed the agency agreement.
After taking the case, Attorney Cao and Attorney Peng also joined the discussion. As the core of the team, Attorney Zhiming pinpointed that the case should emphasize the issue of gambling funds, and the evidence needed strong support. Attorney Cao and Attorney Peng did not dare to be careless and quickly began organizing the materials. Due to the numerous transfer records with varying amounts, the two attorneys painstakingly reconciled each transaction one by one, ultimately calculating that our client's actual transfers far exceeded the "debt" claimed by the other party. Moreover, by comparing the timing and frequency of the transfers, it was difficult to interpret them as a "loan."
With all preparations in place, the second-instance hearing arrived as scheduled. Since the first-instance stage, handled by other lawyers, had already ended in defeat, our two lawyers dared not take any chances. Upholding the unyielding spirit of literary and artistic rights litigation, they directly targeted the errors of the first-instance court in the courtroom, arguing from different angles that these funds were "gambling stakes" rather than "loans," and that the opposing party had deliberately set a trap to cause our client to lose a huge amount of property, demonstrating their extremely malicious conduct! In the end, the second-instance court found that the first-instance judgment was erroneous and overturned it, ruling in our favor. At last, the clouds parted and the sun shone through. The moment the winning judgment was received, our client broke into a smile unseen for a long time and said with great excitement, "I have finally escaped the shadows of the past and embraced a brighter tomorrow! Thank you!"
