Court of Justice: prosecution of the directors of a company, after the companies have been punished for the same acts, is not in contradiction to the ne bis in idem principle

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Court of Justice: prosecution of the directors of a company, after the companies have been punished for the same acts, is not in contradiction to the ne bis in idem principle 1000 666 SarisLaw

According to the Court of Justice, is the prosecution of the directors of a company, after the companies have been punished for the same acts, not in contradiction to the ne bis in idem principle. After all, this is a case of different (legal) persons. This follows from the judgment of 5 April 2017 in a preliminary ruling procedure.

The full blog post is written in Dutch.

Date: 20 April 2017
Author: Christien Saris

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