The intervention of the president of the Athens Bar Affiliation, Dimitris Vervesos, was brought on by the experiences in regards to the arrest of a well known lawyer for home violence.
In accordance with data, in a doc he asks the president of the disciplinary Athens Bar Affiliation, Zisi Konstantinou, to research the experiences within the press in regards to the arrest of a well known lawyer for “home violence” in opposition to his spouse, who can be a lawyer.
Mr. Constantinou is known as to determine the id of the lawyer after which to conduct a preliminary disciplinary investigation to find out if any disciplinary obligations come up in opposition to him.
The docs referred to as the authorities
We remind you that the lawyer is going through a severe cost of home violence and can apologize to the investigator Christina Salappa tomorrow 17/6.
In accordance with data, the case reached the Justice Division after the authorities had been knowledgeable about it by the physician who examined the lawyer’s spouse.
It must be famous that with the implementation of a particular provision of the Minister of Justice George Floridis, which changed article 23 of Regulation 3500/2006 “on home violence” and was handed final February along with the amendments to the Felony Code, a well known lawyer was arrested for home violence within the emergency room with me his spouse who suffered accidents because of what she says was a “home accident” (falling down the steps).
The newly established provision obliges docs to inform the authorities when, throughout the examination, they discover findings that confer with home violence, no matter what the sufferer declares.
In parallel with the institution of the duty to report, the legislation shields docs and different professionals (e.g. educators, psychologists) who report incidents of home violence that fall inside their data, with a relative (until it’s confirmed that they acted fraudulently) non-prosecution in retaliatory lawsuits in opposition to the perpetrators, but in addition avoiding the inconvenience of testifying as witnesses within the viewers throughout the trial of the case (until the courtroom deems it completely essential to testify in individual and the studying of their report is just not enough).
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