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“Legally speaking, it doesn’t mean much”: Mélenchon’s hazardous argument ...

William JULIÉ reacted to Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON's comments and provides a legal analysis. He points out that terrorism, despite a UN convention specifically devoted to defining and punishing terrorism, is well and truly defined in European Union Law a...

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Do Hamas crimes perpetrated in Israel constitute crimes against humanity?

Regarding the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, William JULIÉ indicates the probability of their classification as crimes against humanity. He claims that the acts perpetrated in the past by this organisation can be used to aulify the sys...

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Legal battle rages in Monaco over Russian oligarch’s €3 billion estate

Article on the succession dispute involving a Russian oligarch, whose interests are represented by WJ Avocats.

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French politics, law & order a toxic brew? Racial profiling has ‘political’ and ...

Maître William JULIÉ provided details on the complaint lodged by associations regarding racial profiling practices by the police in the context of identity checks. After outlining the scope of such checks and their various legal bases they rely up...

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Sanctions Law and Regulations Report 2024

WJ Avocats participated in the 2024 edition of the ICLG Sanctions Laws and Regulations Report. The firm drafted the part on the French sanctions regime. It gives an overview of all restrictive measures created and applied by the French authorities...

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Can we put war on trial

Mr William Julié answers the question of whether it is possible to judge individuals responsible for the war in Ukraine. In this case, Ukraine is putting forward a strong rule of law which allows the executors to be judged in a proper manner, whic...

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Police officer jailed in Marseille: what are the rules governing pre-trial custody?

Following the remand in custody of a Marseilles police officer suspected of violence during the riots, Maître William JULIÉ provided clarification on criminal procedure, in particular with regard to the conditions surrounding pre-trial custody pen...

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Banlieues boiling point: Riots spread across France after police shoot teen

William JULIÉ debated about the shooting of a teenager by a police officer who is now facing murder charges. He discussed the legal frameworks applicable to the use of firearms by French police but also more in depth the unresolved issues of Frenc...

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War in Ukraine: families of Russian oligarchs escape sanctions in France

William JULIÉ discussed, in tandem with his colleague Antoine GAUTIER-SAUVAGNAC, the situation of their client, Mr AKHMEDOV. He also pointed out the implementation of a strategy to circumvent the power of judges by the Council of the European Unio...

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Eya: What legal action could be taken against the father?

William JULIÉ reacted to Eya's abduction by her father and the arrest of the latter in Denmark. He explained the rules governing international child abduction, the European arrest warrant mechanism and other points of criminal international law.

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Are we seeing the limits of the Council’s discretionary power in the field of sanctions law? the ...

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Dylan Thiry: what are the risks for the influencer accused of “child trafficking”?

William JULIÉ made clarifications on the report addressed to the Paris public prosecutor's office by two deputies regarding the influencer Dylan Thiry under Article 40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, and went over the rules of French ter...

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“Legally speaking, it doesn’t mean much”: Mélenchon’s hazardous argument ...

William JULIÉ reacted to Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON's comments and provides a legal analysis. He points out that terrorism, despite a UN convention specifically devoted to defining and punishing terrorism, is well and truly defined in European Union Law a...

Read more

Do Hamas crimes perpetrated in Israel constitute crimes against humanity?

Regarding the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas in Israel, William JULIÉ indicates the probability of their classification as crimes against humanity. He claims that the acts perpetrated in the past by this organisation can be used to aulify the sys...

Read more

Legal battle rages in Monaco over Russian oligarch’s €3 billion estate

Article on the succession dispute involving a Russian oligarch, whose interests are represented by WJ Avocats.

Read more

French politics, law & order a toxic brew? Racial profiling has ‘political’ and ...

Maître William JULIÉ provided details on the complaint lodged by associations regarding racial profiling practices by the police in the context of identity checks. After outlining the scope of such checks and their various legal bases they rely up...

Read more

Sanctions Law and Regulations Report 2024

WJ Avocats participated in the 2024 edition of the ICLG Sanctions Laws and Regulations Report. The firm drafted the part on the French sanctions regime. It gives an overview of all restrictive measures created and applied by the French authorities...

Read more

Can we put war on trial

Mr William Julié answers the question of whether it is possible to judge individuals responsible for the war in Ukraine. In this case, Ukraine is putting forward a strong rule of law which allows the executors to be judged in a proper manner, whic...

Read more

Police officer jailed in Marseille: what are the rules governing pre-trial custody?

Following the remand in custody of a Marseilles police officer suspected of violence during the riots, Maître William JULIÉ provided clarification on criminal procedure, in particular with regard to the conditions surrounding pre-trial custody pen...

Read more

Banlieues boiling point: Riots spread across France after police shoot teen

William JULIÉ debated about the shooting of a teenager by a police officer who is now facing murder charges. He discussed the legal frameworks applicable to the use of firearms by French police but also more in depth the unresolved issues of Frenc...

Read more

War in Ukraine: families of Russian oligarchs escape sanctions in France

William JULIÉ discussed, in tandem with his colleague Antoine GAUTIER-SAUVAGNAC, the situation of their client, Mr AKHMEDOV. He also pointed out the implementation of a strategy to circumvent the power of judges by the Council of the European Unio...

Read more

Eya: What legal action could be taken against the father?

William JULIÉ reacted to Eya's abduction by her father and the arrest of the latter in Denmark. He explained the rules governing international child abduction, the European arrest warrant mechanism and other points of criminal international law.

Read more

Are we seeing the limits of the Council’s discretionary power in the field of sanctions law? the ...

Read more

Dylan Thiry: what are the risks for the influencer accused of “child trafficking”?

William JULIÉ made clarifications on the report addressed to the Paris public prosecutor's office by two deputies regarding the influencer Dylan Thiry under Article 40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, and went over the rules of French ter...

Read more