s.4Limited admission as attorney-at-law
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Limited admission as attorney-at-law

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A judge shall have power to admit to practise as an attorney-at-law, for the purpose of any specified suit or matter in regard to which the person so admitted has been instructed —
by an attorney-at-law in the Islands; or
where the Clerk of Court has certified that it is not possible to assign the services of an attorney-at-law to a person to whom a legal aid certificate has been granted under section 17 of the Legal Aid Act, 2015 [Law 17 of 2015], by such person,
A person admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law under subsection (1) shall be entitled to practise for the purpose of the suit or matter concerned but not otherwise.
The Clerk of Court shall not issue a certificate under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) unless the Clerk of Court is satisfied that every reasonable effort has been made to obtain the services of an attorney-at-law in the Islands for the person to whom the legal aid certificate has been granted, and that there is no attorney-at-law in the Islands who is willing and able to advise or represent that person under the Legal Aid Act, 2015 [Law 17 of 2015].

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