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Matchfixing in the Netherlands
On 08, Feb 2013 | In Comment | By: C.J.J. Visser
For some time now matchfixing has been a hot topic. Matchfixing is - in short - the manipulation of sports matches for the benefit of people who gamble on these matches. The fixer is the one who bribes those players so that the result is favourable for the gambler. Think of intentional losses, a goalkeeper deliberately passing a goal, but also giving away a corner or committing a foul that results in a yellow card. Of course it also happens that referees are bribed.
Afanasyev against Ukraine
On 03, Dec 2012 | In News, Commentary, Law | By: K. Canatan
After a series of more or less similar judgments of the ECtHR on the right to legal counsel, there is finally another important judgment in the post-Salduz era, ECtHR 15 November 2012, Afanasyev v. Ukraine.
Important for Dutch legal practice, because the ECtHR also recognises the right to legal counsel prior to the arrest of a suspect. In addition, the ECtHR held that violation of Article 6 ECHR on account of the lack of legal assistance may also be complained about for the first time in cassation. The different case law of the Supreme Court on both points no longer seems to have a long life ahead of it.
509hh Sv of the Soccer Law no success
On 31, Oct 2012 | In Comment | By: C.J.J. Visser
Since the introduction of the Football Act, the public prosecutor can impose a behavioural order. In this article, I will explain what such an order entails and what the objections to it are.
Read on...
The public interest
On 02, Sep 2012 | In Comment | By: G. Meijers
Recently I read in a magazine for lawyers the proposition that my Amsterdam confrere Mr. A. Moszkowicz would not have integrity. Moszkowicz, according to the editor-in-chief of that magazine, one of Cleve's, allegedly took a run at the core values of the legal profession by instituting a lawsuit on behalf of his client Wilders. Moreover, Moszkowicz is said to have insufficient expertise in the field of constitutional law to conduct such proceedings, according to the editor in chief. What would show that Moszkowicz was not an expert is not mentioned.