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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber
Posted by: Huw Burford-Taylor
Date/Time: 05/08/14 13:53:00

"Under German law defendants can in certain circumstances "buy" termination of a trial.

The legal proviso exists in order to ease the burden on the courts and to deal with cases where reaching a judgment could prove difficult."

Fraud cases are notoriously complex, long winded and hard to prove, so leaving aside for a second the moral dimension of being able to buy justice (and to be honest t'was ever thus, we may not have an equivalent under English law, but if you're rich you can definitely afford superior lawyers). Then you can see the attraction from both sides, Bernie, at 83, now doesn't have to spend the next X years in court, and the German authorities have a decent amount of wedge to spend on whatever and a senior judge is now no longer tied up for god knows how long with an uncertain outcome.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Bernie the briber05/08/14 10:27:00 Adrian Irving
   Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 10:35:00 bobby osborne
      Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 10:42:00 Adrian Irving
         Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 11:28:00 Jonathan Bingham
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 11:39:00 Gail Busza
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 11:52:00 Andy Pease
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 12:06:00 Adrian Irving
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 12:59:00 bobby osborne
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:24:00 Adrian Irving
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:24:00 Vanessa Smith
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:31:00 Will Watson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:50:00 bobby osborne
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:53:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 16:11:00 Adrian Irving
   Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:43:00 Oliver Gibb
      Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 13:52:00 Adam Beamish
      Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 14:05:00 Fred Bray
         Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 14:38:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 14:48:00 Fred Bray
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber05/08/14 16:37:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Bernie the briber06/08/14 16:11:00 Pete Mayes

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