Are the Chancellery and its very popular tenant, Keeper of the Seals Éric Dupond-Moretti, tripping over the carpet of civil liberties?
In 48 hours, the publication of the order allowing unrestricted use of videoconferencing, including the Assizes, set fire to the powder among lawyers.
This order, signed Wednesday, makes it possible to generalize videoconferencing to all criminal proceedings, correctional and criminal hearings, before the judge of liberty and detention, and that of the investigation, "without agreement of the litigants", s' insults the National Bar Council (CNB), and to resort to the single judge at discretion when the procedure provides for a collegial hearing, including in matters of juvenile justice.
Ensuring the continuity of justice
In addition, insists the CNB, this order
"gives the possibility to all jurisdictions to restrict advertising at the discretion of the President, the JLD or the investigating chamber"
.
"It's a blow
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