Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148
Title: Challenge of Advocate’s Profession in the Age of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Evasion “Not to slip with a fragile burden!”
Authors: Joksta, Sandra
Joint Stock Company “Latvijas Gāze”, Latvia
Keywords: Socrates 2021, 3 (21);advocate’s immunity concept;advocate’s rights to professional secret and confidentiality;legal certainty;money laundering and terrorism financing and proliferation evasion;principle of sound legislation;uncertain privilege
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Rīga Stradiņš University
Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte
Citation: Joksta, S. (2021). Challenge of Advocate’s Profession in the Age of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Evasion “Not to slip with a fragile burden!”. Electronic Scientific Journal of Law Socrates, 3 (21). 139–148. https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148
Series/Report no.: Socrates 2021, 3 (21)
Abstract: Ability to perform advocate’s duty is irrevocably linked to advocate’s immunity concept. The article provides an insight about the scope of advocate’s immunity concept in the age of money laundering. The purpose of it is to analyse the modern tendency to overstep the red lines guarding this concept, when applying legal enactments for money laundering evasion purposes. In the article, the judgment of 19 November 2020 in case “Klaus Mueller vs Germany” made by European Court of Human Rights, is analysed, where the issue of advocate’s immunity was considered in joint connection with the Clause 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The sometimes-exaggerated need for transparency at all costs conflicts with privacy protection aspects of individuals. Legislative enactments of money laundering and terrorism financing and proliferation evasion systemically contradicts Law of Advocacy and causes collision with other norms of higher legal rank such as fundamental rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights to fair trial and justice and rights to choose an occupation and engage in work.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.21.2021.3.139-148
ISSN: 2256-0548
License URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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