On March 11, the Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) handed down four rulings that drastically narrow the scope of French legal privilege. Under French law, when a dawn raid is carried out in a...more
Today’s post is the final in our series on the most recent Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). The focus of this post will be on the critical factor of admissibility....more
The decision exposes media outlets in the UK to liability if they identify suspects prior to charge, but carries lesser implications elsewhere. On 16 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court held that a suspect under criminal...more
The Situation: Anticorruption legislation passed by French lawmakers in 2016 authorizes the resolution of a corruption matter by means of a "convention judiciaire d'intérêt public" ("CJIP"), the French version of a deferred...more