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13/05/25

Historic treaty protects legal profession at European level

Today in Luxembourg, the Council of Europe took a historic step: the first ever binding international treaty to protect lawyers was signed.

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14/04/25

Free lawyers under pressure: pro bono lawyers may get no or only partial compensation in May

From May 2025, almost 4,000 lawyers who represent free litigants thanks to second-line legal assistance - better known as free lawyers or pro bono - are at risk of not receiving their compensation or only partially and with a delay. The justice minister informed Advocaat.be and Avocats.be on Wednesday 9 April 2025 that the upcoming payment is at risk.

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11/04/25

New audit of lawyers' third-party accounts strengthens transparency and prevents fraud

Belgian banks and bar associations have joined forces in the fight against fraud with a new, automated check on the movement of money from…
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