ARTICLE · 13 FEBRUARY 1997
New Legislation - The Legal Practitioners Amendment Act
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After a decade of discussion, this legislation has been passed. The date of commencement of the Act was the 1st January 1997. Important aspects of the amendment are:
Restrictions on the rights of admission and practise in Botswana of foreign nationals. In essence, foreigners will only be able to be admitted as legal practitioners where they are able to convince the High Court that (a) they are or intend to be permanently resident in Botswana and (b) that their own country allows reciprocal rights to Batswana. Foreign advocates (barristers) will be able to be admitted to appear in the High Court on an ad hoc, case to case, basis upon the Chief Justice being convinced that a particular matter is of such importance and the foreign advocate has such expertise as to warrant admission.
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