The EIB loses fraud case in the context of a suicide against a former employee. mr. Walter Van Steenbrugge and Esther Theyskens defended a former employee of the European Investment Bank accused of fraud after witnessing the suicide of a trainee on the EIB premises. According to...
El Kaouakibi: 'I was lying on the ground, but scribbled straight'
Flemish MP Sihame El Kaouakibi (Open VLD) has not personally enriched himself or used subsidies illegally. That's what Johan Vande Lanotte says, who, as a lawyer, handled the file on Let's Go Urban on behalf of El Kaouakibi.
Offshoot euthanasia process threatens to become procedural battle
In the court in Dendermonde, the umpteenth step was taken this afternoon in the new euthanasia process involving doctor Joris Van Hove. It seems that the offshoot of last year's assize process will be a real procedural battle. The Sint-Niklase doctor has to answer to a judge again in Dendermonde for…
Jehovah's Witnesses to Court for Incitement to Discrimination and Hate: “Being Ignored by People You Love Is the Worst Form of Bullying”
The remarkable trial against Jehovah's witnesses was heard in the Ghent criminal court on Tuesday. Sixteen people and Unia, the Interfederal Equal Opportunities Center, filed civil parties. They filed the lawsuit for, among other things, inciting violence and discrimination against ex-members. “We are labeled as perpetrators, while we…
Judge decides: envelopes in De Pauw process may not be opened
Christine Mussche, lawyer for the victims, had expected this interim judgment, she says. “A decision was already made about this question at the time. At the time, the AI made the assessment thoroughly and made a well-considered decision. It was natural for us to think that this wouldn't work here. But...
