Section 45Part 5 — ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Law firm - obligation to give notice
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This section applies if a law firm or an affiliate of a law firm ceases to employ in another jurisdiction an attorney-at-law who is not a Caymanian.
A law firm shall, on or before 31st January in each year by written notice, inform the Clerk of the Court of the name of each attorney-at-law that has ceased to be employed during the previous twelve months in accordance with subsection (1).
An attorney-at-law referred to in subsection (2) may, by written notice, apply to the Clerk of the Court to have the attorney-at-law's name kept on the Roll stating the reason, consistent with this Act, why the attorney-at-law's name should remain on the Roll.
After receipt of the notice from the law firm and any notice from the attorney-at-law, the Clerk of the Court shall remove the name of the attorney-at-law from the Roll unless the attorney-at-law has satisfied the Clerk of the Court that there are adequate reasons consistent with this Act for not removing the name of the attorney-at-law from the Roll.
If the Clerk of the Court removes the name of an attorney-at-law from the Roll under this section, the Clerk of the Court shall —
immediately following the removal, provide the Council with the name of the attorney-at-law that has been removed from the Roll under this section; and
as soon as practicable after the removal, publish a notice stating that the name of the attorney-at-law has been removed from the Roll under this section.
The managers of a law firm shall ensure that the law firm complies with this section.
If a law firm fails to comply with a requirement of this section each manager of the law firm commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.