Advocates and
Solicitors (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey)
Law 2008
A LAW to amend further the Advocates
and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997.
Adopted by the
States 29th January 2008
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 7th May 2008
Registered by the
Royal Court 16th
May 2008
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law “the principal Law”
means the Advocates and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997[1].
2 Article
3 amended
(1) In
Article 3 of the principal Law –
(a) at
the end of paragraph (1)(a) the word “and” shall be deleted;
(b) for
the full-stop at the end of paragraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted
the words “; and”;
(c) after
paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following
sub-paragraph –
“(c) the Royal Court is satisfied
that the person is a fit and proper person to be admitted.”;
(d) for
paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(b) in the period of 3 years
immediately preceding the person’s application for admission to the Bar
in accordance with Article 8, the person has been employed for a period
of, or periods totalling, 2 years in a relevant office or in more than one
such office.”.
(2) Article
3(5) shall be repealed.
3 Article
4 amended
In Article 4 of the principal Law –
(a) at
the end of paragraph (1)(a) the word “and” shall be deleted;
(b) for
the full-stop at the end of paragraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted
the words “; and”;
(c) after
paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –
“(c) the Royal Court is satisfied
that the person is a fit and proper person to be admitted.”;
(d) for
paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted the following
sub-paragraph –
“(c) in the period of 4 years
immediately preceding the person’s application for admission as a
solicitor in accordance with Article 8, the person has been employed for a
period of, or periods totalling, 3 years in a relevant office or in more
than one such office.”;
(e) for
paragraph (5) there shall be substituted –
“(5) A break in the period of
employment of 2 years mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) or a break of
employment immediately following that period shall be disregarded
if –
(a) the break did not exceed 6 months; and
(b) the Attorney General is satisfied that there
was adequate reason for the break,
but any such break or breaks
shall not count as part of that period of employment.”.
4 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment
No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2008 and shall come into force on the 7th day
following its registration.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States