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The President of the Bar insists on using court‑appointed counsel for mega‑cases and wants the Bar's disciplinary procedures to be quicker so that lawyers can “gain credibility and respectability”.
Trials considered complex will, as alternates, have two court-appointed lawyers. The idea was put forward in recent days by the Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados). According to João Massano, the proposal is being worked on with the Superior Council of the Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice. In a first phase, it would cover the four mega-trials in the district of ...
The Bar president explained that, for the solution to be adopted, the approval of the Government and of the Institute for Financial Management and Justice Equipment is required.
