Bar Professional Conduct Committee Rules 1997
Download PDF| Year | 1997 |
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| Category | Consolidated |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-19 15:30:33 |
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| File Size | 67.8 KB |
| Source | bermudalaws.bm |
Table of Contents
- 1. Citation
- 2. Application and interpretation
- 3. Preliminary inquiry into complaints
- 4. Dismissal of non-meritorious complaints after preliminary inquiry
- 5. Investigation of meritorious complaints
- 6. Dismissal of meritorious complaint after investigation
- 7. Informal treatment of complaint disclosing prima facie case
- 8. Formal treatment of complaint disclosing prima facie case
- 9. Complainant to be kept informed of progress of investigation of complaint
- 10. Chief Justice to be informed of result of investigation
- 11. Formulation of disciplinary charges
- 12. Transmission of disciplinary charges to Chief Justice
- 13. Chief Justice to transmit disciplinary charges and Convening Notice to respondent
- 14. Transmission of documents to respondent
- 15. Objection to member of disciplinary tribunal by respondent
- 16. Transmission of Convening Notice to Committee and disciplinary tribunal
- 17. Imposition of conditions on person complained against pending appeal
- 1. These Rules may be cited as the Professional Conduct Committee Rules 1997.
- 2. (1) These Rules shall have effect in relation to the Professional Conduct Committee
| Case Name | Citation | Date | Court |
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| RACHELLE FRISBY AND JOHN JOHNSTON (As Trustees of the Property of Harold Joseph Darrell, a Bankruptcy) v Harold Joseph Darrell | [2022] SC (Bda) 98 civ. 28 December 2022 | 2022-12-28 | Supreme Court |
| Keiva Maronie-Durham v Bermuda Bar Council | [2021] SC (Bda) 49 App (30 June 2021) | 2021-06-30 | Supreme Court |