09 March 2007
A new panel is shortly to be established which will help to regulate standards of conduct in the legal profession. The panel is to be constituted under the Law Society of Jersey Law, and its role will be to consider and adjudicate upon complaints of professional misconduct against members of the legal profession.
Applications are being invited from persons who would be interested in becoming lay members of this disciplinary panel, and a notice to this effect is to be placed today in the Gazette section of the Jersey Evening Post. A copy of the notice is attached for information.
Commenting on the advertisement, Jeremy Harris at the Chief Minister’s Department said; ‘The Panel will have an important role to play in regulating standards of professional conduct, and we are keen to encourage applications from a wide cross-section of people.’
The lay members of the panel will have experience at a senior or responsible level in one or more of the following areas of life: community, voluntary, commercial or professional. There are vacancies for up to seven lay members, and they will be appointed by the States on the nomination of the Chief Minister.
The closing date for applications is 30th March, and applications will be treated in strictest confidence.
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(GAZETTE NOTICE)
LAW SOCIETY OF JERSEY LAW -
DISCIPLINARY PANEL: LAY MEMBERS
Would you like to take an active part in regulating standards in the legal profession? We are looking for applicants interested in serving as lay members of the new disciplinary panel that is to be established under the Law Society of Jersey Law to consider complaints of professional misconduct against members of the legal profession.
Panel members will have high standards of integrity and objectivity, and lay members will be able to demonstrate experience at a senior or responsible level in one or more of the following areas of life: community, voluntary, commercial or professional.
THE DISCIPLINARY PANEL
The Law Society of Jersey Law has recently come into effect, and one of its main objectives is to promote high standards of conduct among legal practitioners. To this end, the Law provides for the establishment of a disciplinary panel to consider complaints against members of the legal profession.
The new panel will consist of seven lay members and four members of the profession. Complaints of professional misconduct will be referred to disciplinary committees, consisting of two lay members and one professional member drawn from the panel and these committees will consider and adjudicate upon the complaints received.
The professional members of the panel will be appointed by the Law Society, whilst the lay members will be appointed by the States on the nomination of the Chief Minister. The panel members will bring their experience and judgement to consider complaints of professional misconduct, having regard to all the relevant circumstances and taking account of submissions received from the parties concerned.
This is an honorary position.
Should you be interested in finding out more, then an information pack is available from; Jeremy Harris, Chief Minister’s Department, Cyril Le Marquand House, The Parade, St. Helier JE4 8QT (tel. 440421/ e-mail j.harris@gov.je).
Applications should be submitted to Mr. Harris no later than 30th March 2007 , and will be treated in strictest confidence.
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