Section 21Part 4 — SELECTION, REMUNERATION, ETC. OF ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Roster of attorneys-at-law
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The Director may, where he thinks it is necessary to do so, enter on the roster any limitation as to the number of proceedings per annum in which a listed attorney-at-law is prepared or allowed to act for assisted persons and shall give effect to such limitation.
Where a listed attorney-at-law is assigned for the purpose of any proceedings any other attorney-at-law in the same firm may act for the assisted person in the proceedings.
The Director shall not approve the engagement of foreign counsel to conduct any legal aid case unless such case is a complex one and it is not possible to assign the services of a generally admitted attorney-at-law because —
every reasonable effort has been made to obtain the services of a listed attorney-at-law for the assisted person; and
there is no generally admitted attorney-at-law on the Islands who is willing and able to advise or represent that person.
For the purposes of this section, "foreign counsel" means an attorney-at-law of a Commonwealth jurisdiction who is engaged from outside of the Islands to undertake legal aid services in the Islands pursuant to this Law.
Defined Terms
foreign counsel
Referenced By
- Section 13 — Withdrawal of services by assigned attorney-at-law
provision relating to securing another attorney-at-law