Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

41.   Disciplinary proceedings by High Court

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    (1)   Without prejudice to any other rule of law or to any rule of practice whereby the High Court is empowered to take disciplinary action against a person admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law, the High Court has the power to take disciplinary action in accordance with rules of court made for the purpose under section 17 of the Supreme Court Order with respect to professional conduct against an attorney-at-law and in particular the High Court may make any of the following orders—

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      (a)     an order removing from the Roll the name of the attorney-at-law against whom disciplinary proceedings have been instituted;

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      (b)     an order suspending the attorney-at-law from practice for such time as the High Court deems fit;

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      (c)     such order as to costs, as regards both the proceedings before it and the proceedings before the Committee as the High Court deems fit;

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      (d)     such further or other order as the circumstances of the case may require.

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    (2)   The attorney-at-law whose professional conduct is the subject of any disciplinary proceedings before the High Court is entitled as of right to appeal to the Court of Appeal from any decision or other determination of the High Court in such proceedings.