COULD YOU RE-WORK THE WORDING OF THE PIECE IN PARENTHESES AS I’M NOT CLEAR HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE UK CASE – THANKS
August 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNIf a lawyer in Germany suspects that a client engages in money laundering, there is no obligation to report this if the information is obtained in the context of judicial proceedings or in the course of ascertaining the legal position for the client. (SAME AS THE UK) However the lawyer has an obligation to inform "insofar as the legal requirements are not fulfilled, for example if he offers only financial services to his client without any legal advice." (SAME AS THE UK I THINK.) A lawyer will also be forced to inform if he or she "positively knows ...
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