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Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2015

An Act making further amendments to the law governing the legal profession in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2015 makes further amendments to the Legal Practitioners Act, 2000, which governs the legal profession in Sierra Leone, including admission, practice and discipline.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act and must be read together with the principal legal-practitioners legislation.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the Legal Practitioners Act, 2000.
  • Concerns admission to and the practice of the legal profession.
  • Relates to professional regulation and discipline.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.