Brussels, 06/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - European law does not preclude national rules which prevent part-time public officials from practising the profession of lawyer, despite their being qualified to do so, by laying down that they are to be removed from the register of the competent Bar Council - unless the person in question decides to renounce his public function.
Furthermore, the same member state may impose on lawyers registered with a Bar in that member state who are also, whether...