NOTICE The General Legal Council announces that effective April 1, 2018 it will be charging an application fee of J$5,000.00 in respect of each paper submitted for accreditation by the General Legal Council’s Accreditation Committee. To date the General Legal … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
REMINDER TO ALL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ARE HEREBY REMINDED THAT THE ANNUAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE FEE FOR THE YEAR 2018 BECAME PAYABLE ON JANUARY 1, 2018. UNDER THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT, IT IS A BREACH OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR AN … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
ORDER WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the interests of the parties and the decision of the Court in the substantive appeal SCCA No 35 of 2017, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED from the date hereof, until the determination of the said appeal or … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The year 2016 was a challenging year in which the General Legal Council consolidated it operations at 78 Harbour Street and implemented measures to reduce costs and thereby to arrest the trend of running operating losses. This has been a … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 Full screen view … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
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Attorneys-at-Law are advised that the claims for declarations by the Jamaican Bar Association in Claim No. 2014 HCV 0772, wherein it was alleged that the Constitution was contravened by the extension of Part V of the Proceeds of Crime Act, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The General Legal Council (GLC) has various statutory mandates and responsibilities pursuant to the Legal Profession Act, including the upholding of standards of professional conduct and the application of those standards to attorneys-at-law in Jamaica in order to regulate the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
NOTICE TO ALL ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW By Section 5(2) of the Legal Profession Act, a person shall not practise as a lawyer except by virtue of and in accordance with a practising certificate which shall be issued by the General Legal Council … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Please be notified that Members of the Public and Attorneys-at-law are prohibited from taking firearms to Hearings of the General Legal Council’s Disciplinary Committee. signed Secretary Disciplinary Committee General Legal Council October 6, 2016 … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
