The Trump/Russia scandal now has an international judicial assistance angle. In early 2017, Buzzfeed published the Steele dossier, which contained the following assertions:
Tagged: Hague Evidence Convention, Netherlands, Trump, UK
The Trump/Russia scandal now has an international judicial assistance angle. In early 2017, Buzzfeed published the Steele dossier, which contained the following assertions:
Tagged: Hague Evidence Convention, Netherlands, Trump, UK
The case of the day is Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. Trench France SAS (D. Ariz. 2018). The Salt River Project sued Trench France in a case arising out of an explosion at a Salt River power plant. Trench France brought an interesting motion seeking appointment of a commissioner under Chapter 2 of the Hague Evidence Convention, so that all information it produces to Salt River in discovery will be produced under Chapter 2. The context in which Trench France made its motion is unclear. Were there prior fights in the case about discovery? Did Salt River already seek to make use of Chapter 1? But what makes the motion so unusual is that the French defendant is actively seeking…
Tagged: commissioner, France, Hague Evidence Convention
The case of the day is In re Mutual Assistance to the Local Court of Wetzlar, Germany (E.D. Cal. 2018). The opinion doesn’t give the facts in any detail, but we know from the application that the case is a child custody dispute, in which the mother and child lived in Germany and the father lived in California. Via the Hague Evidence Convention, the Amtsgericht Wetzlar sent a letter of request to the US central authority, asking for the father to answer several questions in writing. The US Attorney’s Office sought the father’s voluntary cooperation, but when that was not forthcoming, an AUSA applied to the court for appointment as a commissioner for purposes of executing the letter of request.
Tagged: Germany, Hague Evidence Convention