Abuse of law and the free movement of lawyers in the European Union: Judgment of the ECJ of 17 July 2014 in joined cases Angelo Alberto Torresi (C-58/13) and Pierfrancesco Torresi (C-59/13) v Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Macerata
2014. September 15. 18:19
Article 3 of Directive 98/5/EC is not invalid and does not infringe the national identities of the Member States, inherent in their fundamental political and constitutional structures, as set out by Article 4 (2) of the Treaty on European Union (the ‘TEU’), by allowing Italian citizens who obtained their professional legal qualification somewhere else to practise their profession in Italy.