Mexican standoff with pro bono lawyers
PHILIPSBURG – The strike of the pro bono lawyers enters its fourth week on Saturday and there is still no solution in sight. Geert Hatzmann, the Dean of the Bar Association, does not exclusively rely on handling More...
Court gets around absence of pro bono laywers
PHILIPSBURG – In the absence of the pro bono lawyers who went on strike over a payment conflict with the government three weeks ago, the Court in First Instance blustered through a handful of criminal cases on More...
Pay or face the consequences
By Hilbert Haar It is rather unsettling that pro bono attorneys have to go on strike on an annual basis for one reason only: the government is not paying them. It happened in 2016, it happened in 2017 and now it More...
Pro bono lawyers suspend strike after meeting with minister
GREAT BAY – Pro bono attorneys Geert Hatzmann, Sjamira Roseburg and Shaira Bommel reached an agreement with Justice Minister Rafael Boasman yesterday afternoon about their outstanding invoices. Earlier this week, More...
Pro bono lawyers end strike after substantial payment
Photo caption: On September 23, striking pro bono attorneys marched to the Ministry of Justice on Illidge Road, supported by several civil law attorneys. File photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – The strike More...
Pro bono lawyers march, but get no satisfaction
Attorneys march over Illidge Road, briefly bringing traffic to a standstill. Photo Today / Milton Pieters GREAT BAY – The pro bono lawyers will not give up their strike until there is a solid agreement with the More...
Ostrich position
The strike of by now eleven pro bono attorneys shows that not everything is fine and dandy at the justice ministry. There is an apparent budget problem – suggesting that the minister has run out of money, but More...
