Legal Privilege

One of ECLA's principal objectives is to ensure legal privilege for company lawyers in proceedings before the European Commission and the European Courts in Luxembourg..  Currently, legal privilege is being litigated in appeal in a case before the European Court of Justice (The Akzo Nobel case).  ECLA is one of the intervenors.  For more information about Legal Privilege, Click here.


Class Actions

Why should ECLA be involved in the class actions debate? Click here.

Outreach to Eastern Europe

The development of in-house legal practice in Eastern Europe is one of ECLA's major priorities. Under the Cordoba Initiative, a dedicated programme designed to achieve this objective, ECLA has provided advice and assistance to existing associations of in-house counsel in the countries of the former Eastern bloc while encouraging in-house counsel in countries to establish such associations where none presently exist. National associations from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania have met ECLA standards and thus have been admitted to full membership of the confederation.  

Civil Justice in Europe