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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

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

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

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

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

Amsterdam District Court: conviction of insider trading (Grolsch)

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

On 3 November 2010, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that a number of individuals were guilty of trading with knowledge of inside information on the public bid by SABMiller for Grolsch in 2007

Deliberation about legal privilege

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

The Ministry of Public Safety and Justice and the Ministry of Finance are currently deliberating with the Dutch Bar Association as to whether the professional privilege of lawyers can be curtailed under special circumstances

Rotterdam District Court convicts former Port of Rotterdam director

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

On 15 October 2010 the District Court of Rotterdam sentenced a former director of the Port of Rotterdam to a term of imprisonment of 12 months

Dutch Minister of Finance to examine legal privilege vis-à-vis financial markets regulators

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

Recently, the Dutch Minister of Finance informed the Second Chamber of expected bills and his intentions in the area of financial markets

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