Counsel for Zhang Mao Yong: questioned Sichuan's irregularities in charging high case-checking fees and filed a complaint with the Judicial Chamber

14 August 2026, tweets by authorSichuan Law Association: The multiple means of pressure to "deprive the right to review" ("stop") "in the credit file" ("in the credit file") require a maximum of $40,000 in the case of a member who has committed an offence to pay a fee for the investigation of a case!

A closer look at the Rules for the Disposition of Violations by Members of the Sichuan Provincial Bar Association is available today.

A closer look at the Rules for the Disposition of Violations by Members of the Sichuan Provincial Bar Association

The maximum of $40,000 “fine” (named “penalty”) is a fee for the investigation of cases under article 56.

Article 64, paragraph 4, further provides that a member applying for review shall, in addition to the cost of the original inspection, pay an additional advance fee to the Review Committee for the review phase, in accordance with the same criteria.

Thus, if a request is made for review, the maximum amount of a member found to be in violation is 80,000 “fine”!

I must say, Sichuan is too black for Sichuan's lawyer!

While deeply concerned by his colleagues, I decided to file a complaint with the Sichuan Provincial Bar Association at the Sichuan Provincial Judicial Department.

Attention is drawn to the tweets "Avocat Zhang Mo-young: Asking the Sichuan Provincial Judicial Department to Oversee the Sichuan Provincial Bar Association (forcing the defaulting members to pay a maximum of 80,000 “fine”), and to Sichuan's lawyer to forward support.

Annex: Rules on the Disposition of Violations by Members of the Sichuan Provincial Bar Association, in force, articles 56, 64 and 66

Article 56 The costs incurred by the Bar Association in receiving complaints and in prosecuting cases of irregularities are dealt with in accordance with the following principles:

(i) If the member is not in violation of the law, the fees are borne by the Bar Association in accordance with the relevant provisions;

(ii) In cases of irregularities by the member under investigation, whether or not he/she is subject to disciplinary action, the responsibility of the law firm in which the member is present is to be pursued by the law firm, which, at its expense, can seek redress.

The cost of case-finding for individual members is between $5,000 and $20,000 per case; The costs of the investigation of cases involving group members range from $10,000 to $40,000 per case.

After the case is completed, the disciplinary supervisory committee determines the amount and issues a notice of payment to the offending member, taking into account the circumstances of the investigation.

If a member fails to pay the above-mentioned fees within the period set by the disciplinary supervisory committee, the member ' s disciplinary review committee shall not receive the request for review, and the disciplinary committee may recommend that the relevant authority suspend its annual registration and record the information in the member ' s credit file.

Article 64 The member applying for review is the applicant.

The following conditions are required for the applicant to apply for review:

(i) The decision to apply for review must be taken by the Provincial Bar Association Corrections Committee or the Municipal and State Bar Association Corrections Committees;

(ii) The request for review should include specific requests for review, facts and evidence;

(iii) The request for review must be submitted within a specified period of time.

(iv) The application for review should have been made by paying the fees for the case examination to the bar association that decided on the member ' s disciplinary or exemption from disciplinary action, and by pre-payment of the fees for the case examination to the Provincial Bar Association Member Disposal Review Committee, in accordance with the same criteria.

Article 66 The Member Disposition Review Committee shall, within ten working days of the date of receipt of the application for review, proceed as follows:

(i) Where the conditions for the application for review have been met, the Review Committee shall decide on admissibility and notify the applicant;

(ii) Not reviewed

(ii) Not reviewed

1. If the application is not qualified as an application;

1. If the time limit for the application for review has expired;

1. The matter for review is outside the scope of the original decision;

(b) The facts and reasons for the request for review are insufficient;

1. No payment or advance payment of case-checking expenses.