22nd Annual IBA Transnational Crime Conference
15 May - 17 May 2019
Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
Session information
Breakout session 2 - Using information or documents obtained in civil or foreign proceedings in domestic criminal cases
Thursday 16 May (1400 - 1530)
Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
Committee(s)
Business Crime Committee
(Lead)
Criminal Law Committee
(Lead)
Criminal Law Section
(Lead)
Legal Practice Division
(Lead)
Description
The requirements and restrictions applicable to the process of obtaining information and documents prior to litigation may considerably differ from one jurisdiction to another or depending on whether it is meant to be used in civil or criminal lawsuits. In particular, discovery is not regulated nor allowed in in most civil law countries. Conversely, in most common law jurisdictions litigation is not conceivable without a discovery pre-trial procedure. This panel will analyse the possibility and limits for using information or documents obtained in civil or foreign proceedings in domestic criminal cases considering the arguments on the admissibility of the evidence obtained abroad. Session Co-Chairs Adriana de Buerba Perez-Llorca, Madrid; Conference Coordinator, IBA Criminal Law Committee Hannah Laming Peters & Peters, London; Senior Vice Chair, IBA Business Crime Committee Speakers George Ayoub Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva Manuel Beccar Varela Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires Andrea Puccio Puccio Giovannini – Penalisti Associati, Milan Mauro M Wolfe Duane Morris, New York; Co-Chair, IBA Criminal Law Committee
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Adriana De Buerba | PEREZ-LLORCA, Madrid, Spain; Conference Coordinator, Criminal Law Committee |
| Hannah Laming | Squire Patton Boggs , London, England; Senior Vice Chair, Business Crime Committee |
Speakers
| George Ayoub | Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Manuel Beccar Varela | Beccar Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Andrea Puccio | Puccio Penalisti Associati, Milan, Italy |
| Mauro M Wolfe | Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York, USA; Co-Chair, Criminal Law Committee |