
Counsel Opinion - Week 6
12/11/2016
The Umbrella Principle
Counsel Opinion is that fees imposed pursuant to the Minimum Fees Regulations cannot be enforced since they are null and void under Article 101(2) TFEU.
The CBA and/or any of its members could face civil actions in the Cypriot courts or the courts of other Member States for damage caused by the violation of Article 101 TFEU.
Further to the above Counsel opinion is that even clients who were not subject to the system of minimum fees – because they concluded agreements to