Monthly Archives: July 2017

The balance between open justice and protection of witnesses against self-incrimination in foreign criminal proceedings

The recent case of the Libyan Investment Authority v Société Générale[1] has raised issues concerning the principle of open justice and the protection of witnesses in civil cases against self-incrimination in foreign criminal proceedings. Although witnesses do not have a right …

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