{"id":88,"date":"2025-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/2025\/05\/02\/porro-quia-quisquam-voluptatem-earum\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:51:51","slug":"criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/criminal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal law: what you need to know as a defendant in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being suspected or accused of a criminal offense can have a serious impact on your personal and professional life.<\/b> Whether it involves theft, assault, fraud, or any other crime, the consequences can include heavy fines, a criminal record, or even imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our firm offers legal defense and advice in all areas of criminal law. We represent clients before all criminal courts in Brussels, Halle, Vilvoorde, Dendermonde, Leuven, Mechelen, and other jurisdictions, from the initial investigation to the final verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the added value of a lawyer?<\/b>
\r\n<\/span>\u2022 Before any hearing, we carefully examine your file, discuss the facts with you, and assess the risks and possible penalties.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u2022 We identify weaknesses in the prosecution\u2019s case and build a solid defense strategy to protect your rights.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u2022 Your presence in court may not always be required if we represent you, but we will guide you on when it is necessary.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u2022 If you benefit from legal expenses insurance, we will contact your insurer to cover the legal costs and avoid unnecessary expenses for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Criminal law includes a wide range of offenses. Here is a short list of common cases we handle:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Theft
\u2013 Fraud
\u2013 Forgery
\u2013 Assault and battery
\u2013 Unintentional assault and battery<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being suspected or accused of a criminal offense can have a serious impact on your personal and professional life. Whether it involves theft, assault, fraud, or any other crime, the consequences can include heavy fines, a criminal record, or even imprisonment. Our firm offers legal defense and advice in all areas of criminal law. We […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services","tag-criminal-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21338,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/21338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}