Speakers at the recent Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) plenary meeting have suggested that the legal profession in Europe is on the verge of losing its right to self-regulate, following several moves by national governments to interfere in the way in which lawyers are governed.
According to a report from the UK Law Society's Law Gazette, former head of the Paris Bar, Bernard Vatier argued that the Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB) had over-reached its authority when it ruled that multi-disciplinary partnerships between lawyers and accountants should not be permitted.
M. Vatier also suggested that the Clementi review of the legal services sector which is currently taking place in the United Kingdom represents an unwarranted intrusion which is likely to result in a reduction of the profession's ability to self-govern.
Meanwhile, the head of the CCBE's French delegation, Dominique de la Garanderie suggested the the professional independence of France's lawyers was also likely to be undermined by a planned law designed to establish an ethical code of conduct for the sector.
"A Ministry of Justice proposal would mean that ethical rules on secrecy and conflicts of interest - core values - would be set by the government. This is really a problem," she observed.
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