Joining trials is only to save trial resources. The merger procedure was originally carried out in the first instance, but in the second instance, in the second instance. The specific procedure is:

1, file a counterclaim. The parties shall file a counterclaim and serve it on the defendant. In summary procedure, counterclaims can be made orally.

2. accept. The people's court accepts this lawsuit and counterclaim together. The court should review from two aspects: substantive elements and formal elements.

3. Preparation before trial. Mainly includes:

(1) Serve the litigation documents within the statutory time limit;

(2) Informing the parties of their litigation rights and obligations and the members of the collegial panel;

(3) consulting litigation materials and investigating and collecting necessary evidence;

(4) Additional parties;

(5) program diversion;

(6) Hold a pre-trial meeting.

4. Hold a trial. It includes five stages: court preparation, court investigation, court debate, collegial panel deliberation and judgment announcement.

Extended data:

1. Counterclaim refers to an independent counterclaim related to this lawsuit filed by the defendant in this lawsuit with the plaintiff as the defendant in the civil lawsuit that has already started (called this lawsuit in procedural law). This right is also an important embodiment of the principle of equal legal status of the parties, an important right enjoyed by the defendant in this lawsuit and an important system to protect the civil rights and interests of the defendant in this lawsuit.

2. Counterclaim refers to the ongoing lawsuit (lawsuit), and the defendant in this lawsuit takes the plaintiff in this lawsuit as the defendant. The purpose of its existence is to reduce the litigation burden of the parties, reduce the litigation cost and facilitate the execution of the judgment through the joint trial of counterclaim and this lawsuit.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-counterclaim