EU: UK & FOUR OTHER MEMBER STATES OPPOSE SUSPECTS RIGHTS: Proposal for a Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest - Note
EU: UK & FOUR OTHER MEMBER STATES OPPOSE SUSPECTS RIGHTS: Proposal for a Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest – Note by Belgium / France / Ireland / the Netherlands / the United Kingdom (pdf) and See: Five EU countries oppose new rights on access to lawyers (euobserver, link): “Belgium, France, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands are opposing a European Commission proposal to extend the right to a lawyer for the entire period a suspect is held in police custody, citing rising costs and concerns that criminal procedures may be compromised.“