Judges: Documents need to move faster

Beijing judges are calling for speedier delivery of legal documents involving foreign disputes, as well as the establishment of professional teams specializing in litigation involving foreigners, in a bid to handle an increasing number of such cases.

Liu Li, a judge of the Chaoyang District People's Court, said that she has no control over lengthy delivery times when handling foreign disputes.

"I dealt with a contract dispute involving a company in the United States. The plaintiff's lawyer was pregnant when the case was filed in court, but when she stood in the courtroom to help her client protect her rights, her child was almost 2 years old," said Liu, who succeeded in tackling the high-profile divorce case of Li Yang, founder of Crazy English, and his US wife.