Colonial Attornies Relief Act 1857
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(20 & 21 Vict.) C A P. XXXIX.
[17th August 1857]
'WHEREAS in certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Dependencies, including certain Parts of the Territories under the Government of theEast India Company, the System of Jurisprudence is founded on or assimilated to that administered in England , and the Attornies and Solicitors of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in England are admitted as Attornies and Solicitors in the Courts of Law and Equity of such Colonies and Dependencies, on Production of their Certificates of Admission in the English Courts aforesaid; and it is considered just and expedient to afford Facilities to the Attornies and Solicitors of the Superior Courts in certain Colonies and Dependencies for obtaining Admission in Her Majesty's Courts of Law and Equity in England :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I Short Title.
I. This Act may fur all Purposes be cited as ‘The Colonial Attornies Relief Act.’
II When Act to come into operation.
II. This Act shall not take effect in any One or more of Her Majesty's Colonies or Dependencies until Her Majesty has, by Order in Council, to be made as herein-after mentioned, directed the same to come into operation in respect to such Colony or Dependency.
III Attornies and Solicitors of Colonial Courts to be admitted to Courts of Law and Equity in England.
III. All Persons who, being Subjects of theBritish Crown, have been or shall hereafter be duly admitted and enrolled as Attornies and Solicitors in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in those of Her Majesty's Colonies or Dependencies where the System of Jurisprudence is founded on or assimilated to the Common Law and Principles of Equity as administered in England , and where full Service under Articles of Clerkship to an Attorney-at-Law for the Space of Five Years at the least, and an Examination to test the Qualification of Candidates, are or may be required previous to such Admission, save only in the Case of Persons previously admitted as Attornies or Solicitors in the Superior Courts of Law or Equity in England , such Colonies or Dependencies to be from Time to Time specified in and by Order in Council, as herein-after provided, shall and may be admitted...
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