{"id":8250,"date":"2022-01-12T08:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.strafrecht.de\/witness-assistance\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:01:43","slug":"witness-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/en\/witness-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8250\" class=\"elementor elementor-8250 elementor-4358\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70ba194 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70ba194\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae069a2\" data-id=\"ae069a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7a4ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7a4ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Head-Kendo-sitzend-250x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Head-Kendo-sitzend-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Head-Kendo-sitzend.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41122b6\" data-id=\"41122b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38230dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38230dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a6342\" data-id=\"55a6342\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c7a88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c7a88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anyone who is called to stand as a witness in criminal proceedings is obliged to testify truthfully. The more complex the proceedings and the less clear it is whether the witness could incriminate himself or herself through his or her testimony, the more important it is to involve a lawyer as witness counsel.<\/p><p>Since 2009, the German Code of Criminal Procedure provides the right to name a witness assistant; in certain cases, a witness even has the right to have a lawyer assigned to him as a witness counsel.<\/p><p>Our lawyers have been familiar with assisting witnesses in commercial litigation for many years. We advise them with a view to their testimony, and we liase with them in detail about before the actual questioning by the police, the public prosecutor&#8217;s office and the court takes place.<\/p><p>We accompany witnesses in the respective interrogation situation, be it the court hearing, a police or public prosecutor&#8217;s interrogation. Or partners have also been deployed many times as witness counsel before a parliamentary investigation committee.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #008bec;\">Typical topics:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Liability risks due to untruthful witness statements<\/li><li>Risk of self-incrimination<\/li><li>Support in the actual questioning situation<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #008bec;\"><br \/>They can count on us:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Witnesses in investigative and criminal proceedings<\/li><li>Witnesses before parliamentary committees of enquiry<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae78215\" data-id=\"ae78215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba42e1c elementor-grid-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"ba42e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;custom_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;custom_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;custom_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;custom_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;custom_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;custom_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.custom\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t      <div class=\"ecs-posts elementor-posts-container elementor-posts   elementor-grid elementor-posts--skin-custom\" data-settings=\"{&quot;current_page&quot;:1,&quot;max_num_pages&quot;:0,&quot;load_method&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;ba42e1c&quot;,&quot;post_id&quot;:8250,&quot;theme_id&quot;:8250,&quot;change_url&quot;:false,&quot;reinit_js&quot;:false}\">\n      <div class=\"elementor-posts-nothing-found\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edd9c22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edd9c22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60cbc44\" data-id=\"60cbc44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who is called to stand as a witness in criminal proceedings is obliged to testify truthfully. 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