{"id":2485,"date":"2024-11-20T08:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bannister.be\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:21:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:21:04","slug":"wat-mag-je-van-uw-advocaat-verwachten-tijdens-de-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wat-mag-je-van-uw-advocaat-verwachten-tijdens-de-covid-19-crisis","title":{"rendered":"What can you expect from your lawyer during the Covid-19 crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"http:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-bannister-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-bannister-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-bannister-1.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-bannister-1-768x448.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-bannister-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>What can you expect from your lawyer during the Covid-19 crisis? <\/h2>\n<p><strong>A) I have a case already pending in court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will my court hearing continue?<\/p>\n<p>In principle <em>preliminary hearings, plea hearings and judgments\/judgments<\/em> by the Covid-19 measures (undetermined) <strong>postponed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your hearing is postponed indefinitely, the District Attorney's Office will automatically notify You of the new hearing date.<\/p>\n<p>The other possibility is that your case will be postponed to a new hearing date that has already been determined.<\/p>\n<p>After all, there are some exceptions to the rule :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Council chambers on remand<\/li>\n<li>(High-pressing) pleading cases<\/li>\n<li>(High-pressing) judgments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your case involves any of the above exceptions, your case will be <strong>well<\/strong> handled.<\/p>\n<p>Whether a case will proceed will be decided separately by the handling court and chamber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BANNISTER LAWYERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- Naturally, Bannister Lawyers carefully follows up on each case individually and we notify each client of postponements ( and the new hearing date).<\/p>\n<p>- We remain available both by phone and email. (03 369 28 00 \/<a href=\"mailto:info@bannister.be\"> info@bannister.be<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>What if your lawyer does not come to plead?<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, you should either <strong>present in person<\/strong> to be either by a lawyer <strong>represented<\/strong> to be.<\/p>\n<p>If neither your attorney nor yourself were present at the hearing, a decision will still be made in your case.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the procedure, it will be necessary to find out what steps you can still take.<\/p>\n<p>Bannister Lawyers can find out for you what is still possible in your situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BANNISTER LAWYERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- Our lawyers will observe the exceptional sessions for you.<\/p>\n<p>- We represent our clients if necessary ( when you cannot attend yourself).<\/p>\n<p>What if your lawyer does not visit YOU in prison?<\/p>\n<p>If you are at present in the <strong>prison<\/strong> resides, you will not be transferred to court because of corona measures.<\/p>\n<p>You may opt to defer your case during this exceptional situation, or to be represented by your attorney.<\/p>\n<p>We will advise you comprehensively regarding this decision.<\/p>\n<p>Prisons allow lawyers to visit clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BANNISTER LAWYERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- We ensure to be optimally available by phone 24\/7 for clients from prison. Because of this crisis, inmates receive additional phone credit that allows them to stay in close contact with their attorney.<\/p>\n<p>- If urgent matters need to be discussed, we direct a callback request to the clerk's office so that prompt contact can be made.<\/p>\n<p>- If a telephone interview is insufficient, we will still visit our clients in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B) I desire the assistance of an attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you do not currently have an attorney or are not satisfied with your current attorney's assistance, we are happy to assist you.<\/p>\n<p>You can always contact our office by phone or email without any obligation. (03 369 28 00 \/ <a href=\"mailto:info@bannister.be\">info@bannister.be<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Bannister Lawyers is fully digital at your disposal. Through videoconferencing, your consultation will be able to take place completely online.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, we follow up your case punctually and, as always, keep you informed every step of the way. Bannister Lawyers is more than ever ready for the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>April 2, 2020 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wat mag je van uw advocaat verwachten tijdens de Covid-19 crisis? A) Ik heb een reeds lopende zaak voor de rechtbank Gaat mijn zitting voor de rechtbank door? In principe worden inleidingszittingen, pleitzittingen en vonnissen\/arresten door de Covid-19 maatregelen (onbepaald) uitgesteld. Wanneer uw zitting onbepaald wordt uitgesteld, zal het Openbaar Ministerie U automatisch in kennis [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13192,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions\/13192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ondernemingsstrafrecht.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}