Deputy comments on critical advice of Council of State about assignment authority

The advice of the Council of State (Raad van State), with serious comments on the procedure, necessity and expected effectiveness of the assignment authority of The Kingdom of the Netherlands Minister of Justice for the local Attorney-General, was received with great acclaim by the negotiators in the constitutional process.

Comments of the Council of State (Raad van State) regarding assignment authority

The Council of State has serious comments regarding procedure, necessity and expected effectiveness of the assignment authority of the (Dutch) Minister of Justice for the local Attorney-General, states a well-informed source.

Memorandum on professional confidentiality and the right to silence

At the request of the Dutch Bar association Prof.Mr. F.A.W. Bannier has written a memorandum on the nature and range of the professional confidentiality and the right to silence. You can read this memorandum here.

Informative campaign

In a series of information pages the Government is informing the public on the constitutional future of Curacao. Here you can read these information pages.

Law on maritime borders passed

Philipsburg - The consensus-statute law on maritime borders was unanimously passed last Monday. This law lays down the borders of the future countries St. Maarten and Curacao, and those of the BES-islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba).

Law firms in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba give legal assistance to victims in Stanford fraud

US billionaire Allen Stanford has been accused of fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the SEC, Stanford International Bank domiciled on the island of Antigua sold roughly $8 Billion of “so-called” ‘certificates of deposit’ to investors by promising improbable and unsubstantiated high interest rates.