Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > I am not aware of any law in Finland regulating giving legal advice. > There is, however, a (very recently instated) legal requirement for > anybody representing someone else at trial to be legally trained. The > title "asianajaja" (one of the Finnish terms referring to a lawyer) is > also legally restricted to only members of the bar association.
I believe most European countries have some form of restriction against passing oneself off as an attorney. "Giving legal advice" would be a violation of such a restriction, if the giver of the advice pretended to be an attorney qualified to give the advice. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch & European patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ Arnoud blogt nu ook: http://blog.iusmentis.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
