Gotovina is represented before the UN court by Misetic, Greg Kehoe and Payam Akhavan, Cermak by Cedo Prodanovic and Sokolovic, and Markac by Miroslav Separovic and Goran Mikulicic.
Reporting from The Hague yesterday before the status conference in the Gotovina-Markac-Cermak case, some Croatian media said there was a conflict because Gotovina's team, contesting a court decision on a joint trial against the three generals, pointed to a possible conflict of interest on the part of Prodanovic and Separovic, and because the ICTY Bar Association had already began investigating a potential conflict of interest.
It is possible that Separovic, as a former Croatian official, will testify as a witness and that another Prodanovic client, General Rahim Ademi, will also testify, the media said, adding this prompted Cermak's and Markac's attorneys to also request the Croatian government to intervene.
Asked if Gotovina's defence team might request that he be released pending trial, Misetic said this was being seriously considered after the prosecution said the trial might start only in 2008.
Misetic underlined that it was necessary to establish in talks with the prosecution if a common position might be reached on the conditions of provisional release.
The most important thing is to prove that General Gotovina would return to the detention unit, said Misetic.
Gotovina, Cermak and Markac have been accused of crimes committed during and after 1995's Operation Storm.
Their defence teams have appealed the decision to join the cases and the Appeals Chamber is expected to rule on the appeals soon.