Cassation specialists in criminal cases.
Meijers | Canatan Advocaten in Amsterdam conducts cassation proceedings in criminal cases for its own clients and for clients of fellow lawyers throughout the Netherlands.
Three specialists, one practice.
Mr. K. Canatan
Cassation lawyer
Mr. K. Canatan is a partner at Meijers Canatan Advocaten. He has many years of experience as a criminal defence lawyer and in particular a cassation practice in criminal cases. In addition to conducting cassation proceedings for the firm's own clients, he is regularly asked by other lawyers to advise on cassation or to file the grounds of appeal. He has been admitted as a full member by the board of the Dutch Association of Cassation Lawyers in Criminal Cases (VCAS) and therefore belongs to a select group of cassation specialists in criminal law.
Mr. F.P. Slewe
Cassation lawyer
Mr. F.P. Slewe has years of experience as a criminal lawyer and prepared many cassation appeals for criminal defence lawyers at his previous firm. Since joining Meijers Canatan Advocaten as a criminal defence lawyer he has filed numerous grounds of appeal, with a particular specialism in cassation in confiscation cases under the Dutch 'Pluk ze' legislation. Outside cassation proceedings too, mr. Slewe is the firm's confiscation specialist.
Mr. T.S. Finken
Cassation lawyer
Mr. T.S. (Thomas) Finken studied law at the University of Amsterdam and obtained his master's degree in criminal law at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He also completed a bachelor's degree in political science at Leiden University. Since August 2023 mr. Finken has been a lawyer at Meijers Canatan Advocaten, where he focuses exclusively on the defence of suspects in criminal cases — including serious violent crime, drugs cases, sexual offences and financial and economic cases such as fraud and money laundering. From that practice he is closely involved in cassation proceedings and cassation advice.
Cassation advice and referrals.
Lawyers who do not practise cassation themselves can instruct the office for an assessment of the prospects of success or for the drafting and filing of the grounds of appeal. The client relationship remains with the instructing lawyer where desired.
Because the sixty-day term starts to run on service of the notice, early contact is advisable: it leaves time for a proper study of the file.