A Hunan trading company disputed a contract with an energy group. The first-instance court dismissed the action on the ground that criminal issues were involved. The client sought retrial relief to overturn that ruling and obtain substantive consideration of its claims.
Li Shu’s team organized evidence and submissions concerning opportunities to present evidence and defenses, examination of key evidence, the basis for treating the matter as criminal and the alleged debt. It applied to the Liaoning High People’s Court for a retrial.
According to YunTing’s case account, the court directed the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court to retry the case. This created an opportunity for renewed adjudication; it was not a final determination upholding the substantive debt claim.