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We find it worrying that the Supreme Court went down the path of a very drastic limitation on the lawyer's pleading time. Specifically, the Court ruled that the Indictments Chamber could summon the detainee's lawyer to complete his plea after only 10 minutes.

In this column, our chairman reflects on current affairs. You will read it every fortnight. Find out what he wants to talk to you about today.

In this column, our chairman reflects on current affairs. You will read it every fortnight. Find out what he wants to talk to you about today.

On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were devastated by massive earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale. The death toll continues to rise and the devastation is enormous. To help rebuild, lawyers are taking initiatives to raise money and provide support.

It has been exactly 1 year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Over 63 000 Ukrainians fled to our country, they were immediately given protection here thanks to a special status of temporarily displaced persons due to the war in their country. This also allowed them to seek work here immediately. There are also some lawyers among those refugees, Viktoriia Mykuliak being one of them. She is now part of the legal team at VVBG, an international firm based in Brussels, where she focuses on commercial law cases. Sofie Demeyer, the spokesperson for Advocaat.be, interviewed her. Master Mykuliak stressed that she speaks only on her own behalf.

Entertainment company Studio 100 has appointed lawyer Christine Mussche to investigate corporate culture at Plopsa. The story surrounding the amusement park group Plopsa makes it clear that a lawyer often takes on many more tasks than those you would think of at first glance. We polled a number of lawyers and they talk about their lesser-known assignments as lawyers.