Public Law and Compliance
Public Law and Audit Courts
Work before the audit courts and in proceedings reviewing the public administration.
The audit courts oversee the use of public funds and reach both the public official and the contracted company. The proceeding has rules of its own, allows injunctions that suspend contracts in progress, and can end in a debt charge, a fine and disqualification from public office.
Situations the area handles
- Complaint or report challenging a tender or a contract under performance.
- Injunction suspending a tender or a payment.
- Summons in a special accounts proceeding with a debt charge.
- Ruling imposing a fine or debarring a bidder.
- Public official held liable for an act performed in office.
- Need for a prior opinion on the regularity of a procedure.
What the work produces
- Defenses, statements of justification and appeals before the audit courts.
- Requests for reexamination, motions for clarification and review appeals.
- Oral argument at judgment sessions.
- Court measures against decisions of the audit courts.
- Legal opinions on procedures subject to external oversight.
When to seek it
At the summons or at the first notice. Accounts proceedings have deadlines of their own, and failure to respond produces effects that are hard to reverse on appeal.
Talk about public law and audit courts
Describe the transaction and the stage it is at. The reply indicates what needs to be verified before the decision.