ITALY ECJ LAWYERS FEE REGULATION CASE, MAXIMUM MINIMUM FEES, FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ITALIAN clients wanting to secure cheap foreign legal services for fees below the minimum rates set by Italy's government are being illegally denied their rights under European Union (EU) law, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has concluded. Miguel Poiares Maduro said: "The minimum fees...constitute a restriction on the freedom to provide services because they neutralise the competitive advantage of lawyers established outside Italy". The right to provide services across all member states has long been enshrined in EU ...
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