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Safeguarding attorney-client privilege: tapping conversations between clients and their lawyers
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- July 3 2009
In September 2008, at the annual convention of the Netherlands Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), the chairman of the Board of Procurators General discussed the relationship between the Public Prosecution Service and the Bar in relation to the tapping of telephone conversations between lawyers and their clients
Market abuse case law: the VHS matter
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- July 3 2009
On 3 April 2009, the Amsterdam District Court delivered its decision in the VHS case
New bill: Experts in criminal cases
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- July 3 2009
The bill entitled "Experts in criminal cases" (Wet deskundigen in strafzaken, adopted on 3 February 2009) sets requirements for reliability and competence of court-appointed experts
Inadmissibility of Public Prosecution Office
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- December 17 2009
On 7 October 2009, the Amsterdam District Court declared the Public Prosecution Office (Openbaar Ministerie) inadmissible in the prosecution of 16 suspects in a drugs-related case
State liability for foreign seizure of assets
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- December 17 2009
On 18 September 2009, the Netherlands Supreme Court held that the State of the Netherlands (the "State") was liable for an unlawful governmental action in a criminal case, particularly in relation to the confiscation of proceeds of crime
New bill: stronger position of the examining magistrate
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- December 17 2009
A new bill entitled "Strengthening the position of the examining magistrate" (Wet versterking positie rechter-commissaris) has recently been submitted to the Dutch Parliament by the Dutch Minister of Justice
Wiretap statistics
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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- Netherlands
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- December 17 2009
In September 2009, the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer; the "Second Chamber") referred questions to the Dutch Minister of Justice (the "Minister") regarding the information he provided on wiretapping statistics for the second half of 2007
