December 10, 2009
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Welcome to the website of the Bar Association of Seychelles!
The idea for a website was hatched several years ago, but for a myriad of reasons, the idea never materialized. However, recent advancements in information technology and the advent of younger and more IT savvy members of the bar brought momentum to the realization of this website.
The present Management Committee of the Bar Association was elected in February 2009, from the very start it was a key aspiration of the committee to set up a website before the end of the year. In mid 2009 the committee resolved to delegate the task of setting up the website to Mr Jude Bonte and myself. Through hard work and dedication, we managed to get the website online and running before the end of October 2009.
The website aims to deliver to the public information on the Seychelles legal profession and on the Seychelles legal system. Under the website's heading of Legal Practitioners you will find information of the various legal officers that may be encountered within the legal profession. You will also find a complete list of Attorneys, Notaries, State Counsel and Public Prosecutors of Seychelles. For budding lawyers, you will also find information on how to qualify as a Seychelles attorney.
Under the heading of Seychelles Legal System you will find a brief round-up on the unique mixed jurisdiction legal system that we have inherited, a melange of legal principles emanating from our past colonial masters - the French and the British.
Perhaps the most significant section on this website is that of the Law Journal. The Bar Association of Seychelles wishes to promote and encourage legal thought, analysis and argument, presently, there is no forum for this except through the courts, even then, the legal issues in question are limited to the disputes that litigants have brought before the courts. This website shall have no such restrictions. Anyone may contribute legal articles to this website, be it legal professionals, members of the bench, budding lawyers or the man on the bus to Clapham.
We hope that the public finds this website an invaluable online legal resource.
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