Criminal Law :: Areas of Practice

Defence

• Defence in criminal trials.
• Defence in trials with a jury.
• Defence in trials involving minors.
• Advice to a person under arrest on how to deal with Police interviews and court procedures.

Prosecution

• Criminal prosecution: complaints.
• Private and public prosecution.

Courts

• Local criminal courts.
• Criminal court.
• Provincial Courts.
• High courts of Justice.
• Tribunals.
• National Criminal Court.
• Supreme Court.
• Constitutional Court.
• European Court of Human Rights.

Areas of Practice

• Financial crimes: misappropriation, fraud, misrepresentation, crimes committed by companies, money laundering, punishable insolvency, counterfeiting, etc.
• Crimes against the person: personal injury, homicide, murder, etc.
• Road and traffic offences: drink and driving offences, speeding, driving without a licence, insubordination, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
• Crimes against property: theft, larceny, concealment of stolen goods, damage, fraud, etc.
• Drug related crimes: drug trafficking.
• Administrative and political crimes: breach of legal duty, offences against planning regulations, trading in influence, embezzlement, fraud, illegal negotiations, corruption and infidelity regarding document custody.
• Crimes against the public treasury: fiscal offences.
• Domestic violence offences.
• Environmental crimes and offences against town and spatial planning regulations.
• Crimes against personal freedom: illegal detention, kidnapping, threats, coercion, torture and crimes against moral integrity.
• Reputation related crimes: slander and libel.
• Crimes against the social security administration and workers' rights.
• Sexual offences: sexual aggression, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, etc.
• Crimes against privacy: disclosure of secret information, forcible entry.
• Offences against family rights and obligations: family abandonment, failure to pay child or spousal maintenance, child abduction, etc.
• Crimes against intellectual and industrial property.
• Crimes against foreigners.
• Crimes against Historic Heritage.
• Arson.
• Offences against the judicial system: corruption, complicity, false accusations and claims, simulating a crime, false testimony, perverting the course of justice, professional disloyalty, breaches of court rulings.
• Crimes against the Constitution: crimes against State institutions, crimes against fundamental rights and public liberties, crimes committed by civil servants.
• Public order offences: assault on an officer of the law, resisting arrest, disobedience, illegal possession and trafficking of weapons.
• Other crimes: identity fraud, failure to fulfil public duties, illegal professional practice.
• Any other crime or offence.

Appeals

• Appeals lodged in the court issuing a decree.
• Appeals lodged in higher courts:
• Provincial Court.
• High Court of Justice.
• Supreme Court.
• Constitutional Court.
• European Court of Human Rights.

Issues concerning privation of liberty

• Plea for pre-trial release.
• Appeal for pardon.
• Application for day release.
• Application for pre-trial release.