ECBA Spring Conference 2008
"Professional Secrecy and in absentia trials:
Ethical dilemmas and practical solutions for criminal defence lawyers"

25 and 26 April 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ARCHIVE (pdf documents)

Amsterdam 2008 - Spring Conference: Programme

Amsterdam 2008 - Spring Conference: General Information

DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS (pdf)

• EU Criminal Justice Update
  • 4th Edition of ECBA EU Criminal Justice Update
  • A Guide to the Treaty of Lisbon - The Law Society
    Ms Julia Bateman

• Telephone tapping of lawyer - client conversations
  • Telephone tapping of lawyer-client conversations: A continuing story
    Ms Taru Spronken
  • Destruction of intercepted conversations with persons enjoying the privilege of non-disclosure 
  • Tapping of telephone conversations between lawyers and their clients in Germany by State Authorities
    Ms Anke Mueller-Jacobsen

• European Evidence Warrant – update
  • Introduction
  • Current version of the European Evidence Warrant
  • Paper drafted for a meeting with the Home Office in the UK in September 2007
    Ms Louise Hodges

• In Absentia judgments
  • Council of the European Union
    Mr Matevz Pezdirc
  • Trial in absentia in England and Wales
    Mr Andrew Campbell-Tiech
  • Draft Council Framework Decision on the enforcement of decisions rendered in absentia
    Mr Alexander de Swart

• Case Study panel
  • The Code of Conduct in Europe

• Recent developments and proposed reforms affecting the legal profession in the European Union