Disciplinary proceedings
For many years, the Firm has been assisting defendants accused of committing disciplinary offences before the disciplinary courts of the professional self-governing bodies. We have acted as defence counsel for accused judges, notaries, attorneys, doctors or legal advisors. The Law Firm's professional legal assistance in this respect is ensured by practical knowledge of criminal procedure and experience gained in the courtroom in a number of disciplinary and criminal cases.
We represent clients in, inter alia, the following disciplinary proceedings:
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DOCTORS
The Firm represents clients before Medical Courts in both instances, i.e. before District Medical Courts and the Supreme Medical Court. Appropriate action taken in disciplinary proceedings can have a significant impact on ongoing (or planned) civil or criminal proceedings.
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR TEACHERS AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
Teachers and university teachers are subject to disciplinary liability under the rules set out in the Teachers' Charter and the Act of 20 July 2018, respectively. Law on Higher Education.
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST NOTARIES, ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS
Also, practitioners of the profession of notary, advocates and legal advisers are subject to disciplinary liability under the rules set out in the relevant laws governing them (the Law on Notaries, the Law on Advocates and the Law on Legal Advisers). Disciplinary courts operate at each of these self-governments. In the course of proceedings before these courts, the accused has the right to appoint a defence counsel and the wronged party an attorney.
DISCPLIAR PROCEEDINGS OF JUDGES
Disciplinary proceedings of Judges are now the domain of the Supreme Court. So are immunity waiver cases, which precede charges and indictments against a person holding the office of Judge.