Big changes ahead for legal sector, says AG
In the Maldives anyone with a law degree can become a licensed legal practitioner, but the attorney general said this would no longer be the case.
09 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
A bar council to regulate lawyers is to be formed, the attorney general said, as he indicated changes to the legal sector including a compulsory bar exam.
Mohamed Anil, who was addressing 175 newly licensed lawyers on Sunday night, said steps were being taken to develop and maintain quality in the legal profession.
“We [AG Office] and other relevant authorities are currently researching a draft bill on lawyers to make sure they are regulated by a bar council,” he told them.
The attorney general’s office and the justice ministry previously regulated lawyers, but the work is now undertaken by the Supreme Court.
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