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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

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2. Eligibility

Merrick Ricardo Watson is declared eligible to be admitted by the High Court to practise law in Saint Lucia.

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

2. Interpretation

PART 2 BAR ASSOCIATION

3. Establishment of Bar Association

4. Management of Bar Association

5. Purposes of Bar Association

6. Practitioner members

7. Non-practitioner members

8. Honorary members

9. Privileges of and prohibitions on members

10. Expulsion and suspension of rights and privileges

11. Termination of membership

12. Annual subscription

PART 3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION

14. Registration of persons entitled to practise before commencement

15. Admission of citizens to practise

16. Eligibility and admission of non-citizens

19. Certificate of enrolment

20. Status of attorney-at-law

21. Prohibition on practise

22. Liability for negligence and lack of skill

23. Practising certificate

24. Issue or refusal of practising certificate

25. Suspension of practising certificate

26. Law officers and members of Cabinet as attorney-at-law

27. Law officers exempt

28. Voluntary removal from the roll

29. Removal from roll and suspension from practice

30. Expiration of suspension to be noted on roll

31. Application to high court

32. Procedure on application

PART 4 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND CONDUCT

33. Power to make rules as to accounts

34. Council's control of accounts in certain circumstances

35. Rules to govern professional practice

36. Disciplinary committee

37. Complaints to committee

38. Disciplinary proceedings

39. Powers of committee

40. Appeal from committee

41. Disciplinary proceedings by High Court

42. Saving of jurisdiction of courts

43. Attorneys-at-law not to act as agent for unqualified person

44. Attorney-at-law not to commence or defend actions whilst in prison

45. Employment of person suspended from practice

46. Unqualified person acting through attorney-at-law

47. Unlawful practice and similar offences

48. Unauthorised person seeking employment

PART 5 REMUNERATION

49. Interpretation of this Part

50. Payments in advance and accountability

51. No action on bills of costs without taxation

52. Rules as to costs for non-contentious business

53. Agreement for remuneration for non-contentious business

PART 6 NOTARIES

54. Attorney as a notary

55. Disposal of original deeds

56. Disposal of original deeds of deceased notary

57. Temporary absence of notary

58. Certifying of copies of deeds executed before other notary

59. Completion of work left undone by notary

PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

60. Power to make rules of court

61. Insurance or other provision for professional negligence

62. Pending applications for admission

63. Pending disciplinary proceedings

64. References to “barristers” or to “solicitors”

65. Period of qualifications as an attorney-at-law

66. Saving of enactments restricting non-citizens

67. Regulations

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Legal Profession (Law Offices) Order – Section 26(1) (Statutory Instruments 50/2001 and 181/2021)

2. Declaration of law offices

Legal Profession (Fees) Regulations – Section 67 (Statutory Instruments 49/2001 and 55/2003)

2. Interpretation

3. Annual subscription

4. Admission of citizens

5. Admission of person who is not a citizen

6. Certificate of enrolment

7. Practising certificate

Legal Profession (Remuneration of Arbiters) Regulations – Section 67 (Statutory Instruments 22/1965, 7/1967, 11/1968, 24/1970, 17/1973, 8/1974 and 21/1993)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) Order – Section 16(1)

Eligibility (Shirley Lansiquot) Order – Section 16 (Statutory Instrument 61/2003)

1. Citation and commencement

2. Eligibility to be admitted by the High Court

Eligibility (Traci Geisler Juman) Order – Section 16 (Statutory Instrument 76/2003)

1. Citation and commencement

2. Eligibility to be admitted by the High Court

Legal Profession (Eligibility) Order – Section 16 (Statutory Instrument 68/2004)

LEGAL PROFESSION (ELIGIBILITY) ORDER – Section 26(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 12/2005)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kit-Juelle Frank-Amoroso) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 35/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Dustin David Philla Delany) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 69/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Aisha Peters-Francis) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 87/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Debra Wendy Charmaine James) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 96/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Danine Kami Jones) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 97/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jone Miren Martinez Gomez) Order – Section 16 (1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 99/2009)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Nnika Eshe Watson) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 65/2010)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Stanley Kendrick John) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 95/2010)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Stephen Granville Fraser) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 138/2010)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Karen Wendover Gary Bernard) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 142/2010)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Debbie Hope Camille Wilmot) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 26/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kathy Ann Waterman) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 28/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Nichola George Benjamin) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 30/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Julien Prevost) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 61/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Ann-Marie Smith) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 67/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Matthew Alexander Hogarth) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 68/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Alana Gore) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 99/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Garth St. Elmo Wilknight Patterson QC) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 100/2011)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Merrick Ricardo Watson) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 44/2012)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Michael Kevin Maduro) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 45/2012)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Diana Marcell Wilson Patrick) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 127/2012)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Ayo Akila Barnard-Rawlins) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 48/2013)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shiraz Aziz) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 53/2013)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Rochelle Rolene John) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 68/2013)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Glen Raymond Hanoman) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 72/2013)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Peronia Jennifer Kellisha Browne) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 84/2013)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Barrie Roberts Nigel Attzs) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 14/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Tammi Cecille Pilgrim) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 15/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Eamon Harrison Courtenay) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 37/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Naima Cicely Barrow) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 38/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Tiyani Ipyana Behanzin) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 39/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Benjamin Michael Gordon Elkington Q.C.) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 88/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Mikhail Alexei Xavier Charles) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 103/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Errol Edison Reid) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 104/2014)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Roger Cephas Forde Q.C.) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 38/2015)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Nardia Vastinie Morgan) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 47/2015)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Ruggles Low Ferguson) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 60/2015)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kozel Kendra Creese) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 95/2015)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Derick Fields Sylvester) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 99/2015)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Geoffery Ronald Robertson Q.C.) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 47/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (David Reynolds) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 48/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Ann-Alicia Natalie Fagan) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 49/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Terry-Ann Natasha Moe) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 76/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Lalita Anuradha L. Vaswani) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 93/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Danielia Sereta Chambers) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 95/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jodi-Ann Kimberley Stephenson) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 111/2016)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Vestricia Keisha Llewellyn) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 3/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Nadia Nicole Evette Alleyne) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 32/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Rowana-Kay Althea Gillian Campbell) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 33/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Sherene Stephanie Francis) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 52/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Vilette Gisela Benjamin) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 53/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Lorie Neto Christina Yarde) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 61/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Lashona Raphae'La Toshowia Andrews) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 68/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Algernon Gilbert Russell Drummond Kodilinye) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 81/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Andrè Charles McKenzie) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 117/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shaunita Akira Jordan) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 118/2017)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Cara Charissa Shillingford) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 5/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jilane-Milani Prevost) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 22/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Sherlyn Lavina Christopher) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 23/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Peter Andrew Hadyn Marshall) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 28/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Hamilton Carl Daley) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 41/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Sirah Marie Abraham) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 116/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Chévanev Andrei Yevgeny Charles) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 120/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jewel Ann Barrow) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 123/2018)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Patrick Adrian Thaddeus Thompson Jr.) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 30/2019)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kara-Je Jovita Kellman) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 57/2019)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kendrickson Hugh Kentish) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 63/2019)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Stephen Wayne Corrington) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 110/2019)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Taylor Rose Laurayne) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 12/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Tanya Nzangia Katherine Alexis-Francis) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 101/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Chanika Jovita Oneka Dhanika Carrington) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 102/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Simone Blanche Bowman) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 103/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kelly Marie Thomson) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 104/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Mark Anthony Fulford) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 105/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Andrae Shawn Silburn) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 106/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Nassoma Monifa Cammock) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 112/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Marie-Ange Symmonds) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 113/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Damian Earle Stefan Kelsick) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 135/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Arthur David Compass) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 141/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Fyard Hosein) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 142/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Sasha Dawn Shalini Bridgemohansingh) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 143/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Magali Guadalupe Marin-Young) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 150/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Loriann Felecia Tugwell) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 157/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (David Robert Kitson Sharpe) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 158/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jordan Alexander James Jarrett) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 159/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Candace Renae Fletcher) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 160/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kimberley Kaye Williams) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 163/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Westmin Richard Anthony James) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 174/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Cilma Daniella Shenaire Wade) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 175/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Richard John Harwood) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 176/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Weiden Orlando Daley) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 177/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Adlai David Samuel Dorsett) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 178/2020)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Rushaine Ronjel Cunningham) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 45/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Tito Jerome Holder) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 50/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Anselm Colin Caines) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 51/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jason Kelvin Mootoo) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 91/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Vanessa Shanice Pinnock) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 92/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Vanessa Marie Morgan) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 140/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Melissa Sasha Modeste-Singh) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 161/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Richelle Maria Nichols) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 170/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Mequissa Josephine Baptiste) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 179/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Roysdale Alton Forde) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 187/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Janelle Zarasa Bernard) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 195/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shane Antonio Omar Thompson) Order – Section 16(1) and (2) (Statutory Instrument 205/2021)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Anand Ramlogan) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 5/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Desiree Toni Valentine) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 39/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Leonnette Lattriz Headley) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 46/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Satcha Subhas Chandra Seamus Kissoon) Order – Section 16(1) (Statutory Instrument 54/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shari-Ann Walker) Order – Section 16(1) (Statutory Instrument 55/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shanice Risha Ramdhan) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 59/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Seantelle Alicia Parris) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 65/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Vanessa Shatana Fennell) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 71/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Carlyle Kevin Rogers) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 74/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Chantal Allison Thomas-Marshall) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 85/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Hugh Charlesworth Marshall) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 86/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kema Makecia Loushauna Makeba Benjamin) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 87/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Douglas Leonard Mendes) Order – Section 16(1) (Statutory Instrument 96/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Korah Manellva Antoinette Galloway) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 106/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jessica Cecile Theobalds) Order – Sections 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 113/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Rashda Lani Zahra Daisley) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 114/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Kaycia Akita Ellis-Bourne) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 196/2022)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Frank Edouard Walwyn) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 1/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Tia Marie Austin) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 10/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Thalia Chretiene Samoye Francis) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 68/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Marie-Louise Leonie Francis) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 107/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Jared Jagroo) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 116/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Stacey Ann Aberdeen) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 124/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Destiny Denisha Pascal) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 134/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Amilcar Branche) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 136/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Keshia Andene Chase) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 141/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Shadae Samantha Byfield) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 156/2023)

Legal Profession (Eligibility) (Pretania Danique Edwards) Order – Section 16(1) and 16(2) (Statutory Instrument 161/2023)