Czech Bar Association members reject membership fee increase

Members of the Czech Bar Association (ČAK) have voted to maintain their annual membership fee at 10,600 CZK, rejecting a proposal to increase it to 14,800 CZK. The increase had been proposed by the association's board to account for inflation.

In a per rollam electronic vote, 6,760 members voted in favor of keeping the current fee, while 1,034 voted against it. The voting process was marked by internal criticism regarding the board's transparency and the manner in which the fee hike was communicated to members.

Additionally, members rejected a proposal to raise the threshold of signatures required to trigger a per rollam vote from 100 to 1,000. The current requirement remains at 100 signatures. Despite a brief technical issue caused by a power outage during the voting period, the association's IT department confirmed that the outage did not impact the final results.