ZAGREB, June 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Foreign Ministry on June 12 received a suit filed by the "Pedersen and Houpt" law firm against Croatia and the Centre for Legal Help to Bosnian Croats. The Croatian Foreign Ministry on Thursday
issued a statement reading that given that Croatia was included in the suit, its interests would be represented in line with the law by the Croatian State Attorney's Office and that the Office was most probably to appoint attorneys which would take over the case. The Croatian Foreign Ministry forwarded the suit to the State Attorney's Office on June 16, the statement read. "Pedersen and Houpt" sued Croatia and the Legal Assistance Centre in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to collect about US$300,000 of fees for two attorneys and another US$200,000 of costs accumulated since March last year. Based on a contract signed with Mostar's Legal Assistance Centre, attor
ZAGREB, June 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Foreign Ministry on June 12
received a suit filed by the "Pedersen and Houpt" law firm against
Croatia and the Centre for Legal Help to Bosnian Croats.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a statement
reading that given that Croatia was included in the suit, its
interests would be represented in line with the law by the Croatian
State Attorney's Office and that the Office was most probably to
appoint attorneys which would take over the case.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry forwarded the suit to the State
Attorney's Office on June 16, the statement read.
"Pedersen and Houpt" sued Croatia and the Legal Assistance Centre
in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to collect about US$300,000 of fees
for two attorneys and another US$200,000 of costs accumulated since
March last year. Based on a contract signed with Mostar's Legal
Assistance Centre, attorneys Sheldon Davidson and Luka Misetic are
defending Ante Furundzija, a Bosnian Croat whom the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague accused of
breaching the Geneva Conventions and the law of war during a 1993
conflict in central BH.
Croatia has been given an August 14 deadline to take a position on
the suit. In the contrary, the Chicago Federal Court could rule in
absentia.
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