Arnelle Taylor-Hall Elected Vice President of the Turks and Caicos Bar Council
Wessex Fairchild is proud to celebrate Arnelle Taylor-Hall’s appointment as Vice President of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council. Her leadership marks a proud moment for our firm and the legal community. …
TCI Bar Council Embarks Upon Review of Complaints and Disciplinary Process
The Bar Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands has embarked upon an urgent review of the complaints and disciplinary process prescribed in the Legal Profession Ordinance (LPO). The LPO is the Ordinance which governs the admission of attorneys and the practice of law in the Turks and Caicos Islands, including the handling of complaints against such attorneys. Presently the LPO prescribes various procedures and timelines which the Bar Council must follow when complaints have been filed against one of the members of the Bar Association. The LPO was first introduced to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1997 and …
Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council Gets New President
Selvyn Hawkins, attorney with Misick and Stanbrook, is the new president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council. Hawkins and several others were elected to the council on Saturday, April 10, during its annual general meeting, which was this year held virtually. The other appointees are Sarah Knight as vice-president, and Kerchelle Bain, Tremmaine Swann and Desiree Downes as members. Downes is a Crown officer appointed to the council by Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles. Each member is appointed for a period of one year, subject to re-election. The council also appointed Shantae Francis as treasurer and Chalsianna Misick as …
Bar Association Offers Bursary Grant to Law Students
The TCI Bar Council announced the details of the annual TCI Bar Association Bursary Grant and invites suitably qualified applicants to apply. The Bursary Grant is a monetary award offered to students who are Turks and Caicos Islanders and are enrolled in full-time legal education at tertiary level. The programme of study must lead to a qualifying law degree permitting the student to further enroll onto a vocational law program geared towards the practice of law in accordance with section 5(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Ordinance and who must demonstrate an intention to return to the Turks and Caicos Islands …