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Switzerland: Zurich High Court Excludes Foreign-Obtained SkyECC Data for Breach of Territoriality and Lack of Sufficient Suspicion (Decision of 15 August 2025)
The Zurich High Court rules foreign SkyECC data inadmissible. Read how this landmark decision establishes an absolute exclusion principle for evidence seized in breach of Swiss territoriality.

Dominique Jud
Dec 52 min read


Update 2025: EncroChat and SkyECC Legal Developments Across Europe
EncroChat and SkyECC legal defence update 2025 – Joint Defense Team

Joint Defense Team
Oct 303 min read


Cour de cassation: the absence of a right of appeal in France does not pose a constitutional problem - Implications for SkyECC and EncroChat cases
On 3 June 2025, the Cour de cassation refused to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a question on the constitutionality of French law which, as currently drafted, denies the possibility of an effective remedy to persons prosecuted in criminal proceedings abroad, but on the basis of SkyECC evidence gathered in French proceedings.

Guillaume Martine
Jun 115 min read


EncroChat at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) - Decision Deferred, Opportunity Missed?!
EncroChat at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) - Decision Deferred, Opportunity Missed?!

Christian Lödden, LL.M.
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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