TRIBUTE TO ROALD NIGEL ADRIAN (RNA) HENRIQUES, OJ.,KC. The General Legal Council notes with sadness, the recent passing of the Hon. Roald Nigel Adrian (RNA) Henriques, OJ., KC. On Wednesday August 9, 2023, we celebrate his life of service at … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
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Please note On 9th February 2023 the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was delivered which reinstated the decision of the Full Court. By the aforesaid decisions it was held that s. 91A, 94 and 95 of the Proceeds of Crime … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
REMINDER TO ALL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ARE HEREBY REMINDED THAT THEIR ANNUAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE SHOULD BE RENEWED ON JANUARY 1, 2023. UNDER THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT, IT IS A BREACH OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR AN ATTORNEY TO PRACTISE AT … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Further to the notice in Arrangements to Protect Client Property, please download, complete and email the Protection of Clients’ Assets Proxy Form to the Secretary of the General Legal Council at secretary@generallegalcouncil.org. Download the Protection of Clients’ Assets Proxy Form … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Queen’s Counsel Mrs. Denise E. Kitson was recently elected as Chairman of the General Legal Council (GLC). Mrs. Kitson who was admitted to practice in 1982, was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2013, now holds the distinction of being the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLMENT The first legal task facing the Law School graduate is the quest to transform him/herself into an Attorney-at-Law duly enrolled and admitted pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (1971) to practise in the Courts of the Island … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
On the 27th March 2019, The Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules were amended to require sole practitioners to put in place arrangements to protect client property in event of the attorney’s death or incapacity and to notify the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
REMINDER TO ALL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ARE HEREBY REMINDED THAT THEIR ANNUAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE SHOULD BE RENEWED ON JANUARY 1, 2022. UNDER THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT, IT IS A BREACH OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR AN ATTORNEY TO PRACTISE AT … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
