Cayman Government looking for comments on Legal Practitioners Bill
The government of the Cayman Islands is seeking for more comment from the public on a Legal Practitioners Bill proposing to introduce fundamental changes affecting the legal profession. The Legal Practitioners Bill is aimed at providing more modern regulation and discipline of the legal profession in Cayman.
According to Attorney General Samuel Bulgin, the final date for submitting comments on the Legal Practitioners Bill 2007 is August 24. Comments may be delivered to the Government Administration Building or submitted by email. The draft bill as well as and the Law Reform Commission’s report on it, recently submitted for consideration to the Governor-in-Cabinet, are available in the Internet.
Having received the report, the Cabinet agreed that, to make a final determination on the bill, the public should be provided with one more opportunity to comment on it. Bulgin commented said that the new law will introduce fundamental changes that will affect the entire legal profession in the jurisdiction, therefore public, including members of this profession, should provide comments so that the Government has no doubt when going forward with the legislation.