Client success! Acquittal on charges of dereliction of duty and mismanagement.

On the basis of the expert’s opinion, the prosecutor’s office filed an indictment, by which the law firm’s client was threatened with up to a dozen years’ imprisonment and an obligation to repair multi-million damages.

The law firm’s client was accused of a number of offences including causing great damage to a bankrupt company under management and failing to fulfil its duties in connection with its sale.

The fact that the nationwide media built a negative narrative around him from the very beginning did not help either, and the case even interested the then Minister of Justice.

It was not until a thorough analysis of the case file carried out by lawyers from our law firm that a number of very significant flaws in the opinion and the indictment were identified.

Already after one of the first court dates, it became clear that the indictment had been “inflated” to the limit.

With each subsequent hearing and letter from the defence lawyers, the alleged harm began to melt away indeed.

In the end, the active attitude of the defence lawyers in the courtroom made it possible to convince the court that the client had done everything in his power to comply with the obligations of sale and had acted within the limits of the law.

In turn, there can be no question of any damage, as the business was sold for market value.

In addition, the expert and the prosecution failed to take into account the specific nature of the business sold due to the law and the state of bankruptcy.

This case demonstrates that even cases that at first sight seem hopeless and at the same time very complicated can find a positive conclusion.

An indictment, even if supported by expert opinions, is not yet a verdict.