A tweet by Zuhal Demir has gone down badly with Walter and Johan. The Flemish justice minister was reacting to a statement by lawyer Christine Mussche about an offender she was defending: "Before he committed those acts, he was an ordinary boy." Demir could not digest that: "An 'ordinary boy', master...
Director of a company: a criminal risky business
The economic world is increasingly subject to detailed regulation in various fields, such as social, fiscal, financial, corporate and environmental law. Infringements of these regulations are not only punishable under administrative law, but also under criminal law. As a result, companies and their directors run criminal risks every day, often without realising it. Directors do...
Commercial lease: always for 9 years?
In principle, a commercial lease has a minimum duration of 9 years. For some companies or certain locations, this is too long. The pop-up decree may offer a solution for them. This decree allows companies to enter into a commercial rental agreement for a maximum period of 1 year. The duration of...
The right to compensation of road traffic victims vs. the possible insolvency of the traffic offender
It is a sad fact that the number of traffic victims increases year after year. In a previous blog, we discussed the various security measures and penalties with which both the public prosecutor's office and the police courts try to reduce these figures. Unfortunately, the tragedy in Strépy only served to...
What are we waiting for to give the ICC research additional resources?
In recent days, there have been repeated reports of war crimes allegedly committed in Ukraine. There is little certainty about their existence or about those responsible. The international community has made one institution responsible for judging such serious crimes: the International Criminal Court (ICC),...
