Disciplinary actions within European self-employed judicial prohessions – an analysis
26 May 2020
The general public has high expectations of those who serve as public officials and the way in which they should conduct themselves in undertaking their duties. One meets those expectations by ensuring conduct above reproach. Historically, the regulation of the legal profession in Europe laid in the hands of courts which controlled the right of self-employed judicial professionals (mainly notaries and lawyers) to practice. The ordinary courts have long since delegated large aspects of regulation to selfemployed legal professions themselves