Unlawful site development: ascertainment of the conduct and of the moment of perpetration of the crime in the supreme court case law

Abstract

Following decision no. 13539\2020 of the Joint Chambers of the Supreme Court, it is particularly important - in the first instance proceedings - to ascertain how and when the crime of unlawful site development in its various forms was perpetrated, for the purposes of a possible confiscation even if the crime is statute-barred. This work analyses the case law of the Supreme Court dealing with this issue and its possible impact in the near future.

Keywords

• unlawful site development
• statute of limitation
• ascertainment of the conduct
• moment of perpetration of the crime