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3 September 2021

Waeterinckx Attorneys open a law office in Ghent as from September and start a collaboration with Van Eeghem Ondernemingsadvocaten.

We open a law office in Ghent as from September, and will start a collaboration with the reputed law office Van Eeghem OndernemingsAdvocaten (www.vaneeghem.com). For  both offices a broadening  and …

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16 September 2020

Register for a training session on business criminal law in December!

Business criminal law : latest legislation and jurisprudence.  Interested? Register to one of the training sessions on December 8. Are you an attorney, a magistrate, a company lawyer, an accountant, …

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27 May 2020

Book “Cryptomunten juridisch ontsloten” will be available soon.

Together with Mark Delanote and staff of Ghent University we will shortly lead you through the legal dimensions and implications of (the use) of cryptocurrencies, in the book “Cryptomunten juridisch …

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25 April 2019

Do you want to know more about the draft of the new Criminal Code? Register now for the study day of May the 3rd: “Towards a new penal code”!

On May 3 2019, Die Keure organizes a bilingual study day on this subject. Patrick Waeterinckx will, among other things, make a critical analysis of the proposed legislative changes with …

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11 March 2019

According to the Court of Cassation, foreign income from offshores without economic realities always had to be reported, even before the entry into force of the Cayman tax

Prior: the judgment of the Ghent Court of Appeal In September 2018, the Court of Appeal of Ghent declared a person guilty of tax evasion. This person had admitted, as …

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11 February 2019

Precising jurisdiction in cassation regarding the limitation of the judgement of the laundered pecuniary benefits.

On February 2019 the Court of Cassation issued an interesting ruling. This ruling concerns the problem of illicit proceeds which a judge has to confiscate following a conviction for money …

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12 November 2018

Rights of the bona fide third-owner versus common (criminal) interest : the Constitutional Court sets clear boundaries (again).

For a long time “loot”-aimed research and punishment is a priority in the fight against financial and economic crime.  One counts on a  dissuasive effect by punishing such crimes through …

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18 October 2018

Science and criminal law : a critical view at the annual meeting of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Criminal Law

In October 2018, the Dutch-Flemish Association of Criminal Law (Nederlands-Vlaamse Vereniging voor Strafrecht) had its yearly meeting. This year’s theme was forensic proof in criminal cases. After the pre-counsellors made …

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1 October 2018

Commercial flexibility or crime? The Brussels criminal court takes a stringent position

On May 9, 2018 the French speaking Brussels criminal court sentenced a lease company in luxury cars and its director for (a.o.) money laundering (the repressive laundering law (and most …

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22 January 2018

The Constitutional Court confirms the existing conversion mechanism for legal persons

At the introduction of the Belgian Penal Code in 1867 the natural person was always considered as the offender. Thus, the penal system was built from that perspective. In 1999, …

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Last update: August 31st 2020