In a trial in which a man who canceled his wedding ceremony in late March last year due to the spread of the new coronavirus, asked the ceremony hall to return a cancellation fee of about 4 million yen, the Tokyo District Court said, "The wedding ceremony was impossible. I decided that I had to pay a cancellation fee, saying, "I can't say that," and dismissed the complaint.
A man in his thirties in Yokohama was planning to invite about 100 people to a wedding and reception at a ceremony hall in Tokyo in late March last year, just before the first state of emergency was declared, but the infection spread. When I received it and canceled it 3 days ago, about 4.8 million yen of the fee I had already paid was not refunded because it was a cancellation fee.
A man insisted that the wedding was impossible due to the spread of the new corona. In the same situation as a disaster, a full refund should be given. I argued.
In the ruling, Ritsuko Ogawa, the judge of the Tokyo District Court, said, "I can fully understand the feeling of hesitation in the ceremony at the time when the governor of Tokyo called for refraining from meetings involving eating and drinking."
On the other hand, "No state of emergency has been issued, the ceremonial hall has a very high ceiling, and it does not meet the conditions of" three dense "that the city requested to avoid. It is impossible to hold a wedding reception or a wedding reception. I can't say that, "he dismissed the complaint.
A male lawyer says, "I want to consider appealing."
There have been a series of troubles over the wedding cancellation fee due to the influence of the new Corona, and other trials are being held at the Tokyo District Court.