The verdict of e-Court has the same effect as a verdict of a traditional government court and is based on 'contract' law according to Chinese common and civil code legislation. To be valid and therefore legally binding, five conditions must be met, please view conditions. This means that cooperation of the other party can be enforced according to and in which province respective parties reside.
A plaintiff must sue in the jurisdiction of the person (i.e. defendant) being sued. Enforcement of a decision by an e-Court arbitrator is encouraged in all regions by awarding the 'plaintiff' being the "winning" party, a prepaid escrow amount equal to lawyer/council appeal fees which is payable by both parties at time when committing to e-Court litigation. The latter applies only when the defendant, whilst firstly agreeing to abide by the e-Court litigation process does not honor the judgement of the e-Court arbitrator either with regards the standard or appeal procedures. Moreover, the prepaid escrow amount by the 'plaintiff' being the "winning" party, will be returned to this party at the same time of the e-Court verdict. The escrow money originally paid by the 'defendant' will be used to pay for council costs incurred by the 'plaintiff' party to litigate in a traditional government court.*(Note)
Should these monies not fully meet the legal representation costs by the plaintiff party then the claim submitted for judgement by a traditional government court will be in/decreased by a corresponding amount. Similarly, the respective plaintiff will be allowed full use of any/all e-Court documents and evidence material when submitting a claim for litigation in a government court. In addition, the judgement obtained in e-Court will be filed with appropriate organizations such as Equifax. Enforcement of the verdict in a traditional government court will then become possible via an appointed bailiff.
Given above, it is generally speaking in the best interest ( short duration and low litigation costs and even to "test" the waters ) of both parties to agree to settle their differences via e-Court including to abide by the decision of e-Court arbitrator.
Enforcement of a decision by an e-Court arbitrator can also be legally enforced through a specially designed notarial deed. This also means that if you choose an e-Court procedure the corridors to the traditional government courts are not open anymore. e-Court contains clear contractual restrictions, where parties clearly have opted for e-Court justice and have given up their litigation possibilities including appeals through government courts.
Also read : A contract is a legal agreement. *(Note) : In the unlikely event that there exist a claim and counter claim between parties outside Quebec and there exist a state of non-cooperation to execute the decision by an e-Court arbitrator then the prepaid escrow amounts will be used to pay for council fees of both parties to litigate in a traditional government court.
