PRINCIPLES OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Principles recognized by the European Court of Justice in the Wouter case (C-309/99)
Created in 1960, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is the officially recognized representative organization for the legal profession in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The CCBE represents over 700,000 lawyers through its member bars and law societies.
The CCBE has adopted a charter of core principles of the European legal profession. The Charter contains a list of 10 principles concerning lawyer’s independence, confidentiality and avoidance of conflicts of interest. It seems to me that those principles are of relevance for the Netherlands Antilles based lawyers as well.
Karel Frielink
Attorney (lawyer) / Partner
