Section 12Part —
Annual fees
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Every person practising as an attorney-at-law, otherwise than by virtue of section 4, shall pay to the Clerk of Court the annual practising fee specified in Schedule 2.
The Clerk of Court shall issue to each attorney-at-law, on payment by the attorney-at-law of the annual practising fee prescribed by subsection (1), and also, if the attorney-at-law does not possess Caymanian status in accordance with Part III of the repealed Immigration Law (2015 Revision), or any earlier law providing for the same or similar rights, and includes a person who acquired that status under Part 5 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision), on the production by the attorney-at-law of a current and valid work permit issued under Part V of the repealed Immigration Law (2015 Revision), or Part 7 of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision), and an affidavit that the attorney-at-law intends to reside within the Islands for the entire period in respect of which the work permit has been granted, an annual practising certificate in the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
A person who, not being a person practising by virtue of section 4, practises or attempts to practise as an attorney-at-law without being in possession of a current annual practising certificate issued under subsection (2), is liable to suspension under section 7(1).
Cross References
- Section 4 of Legal Practitioners Act
Reference in section 12(1)
- Section of Legal Practitioners Act
Reference to Schedule 2
- Section of Immigration Law
Reference in section 12(2)
- Section of Immigration Transition Act
Reference in section 12(2)
- Section of Legal Practitioners Act
Reference to Schedule 3
- Section 7 of Legal Practitioners Act
Reference in section 12(3)