Please permit me to respond to the editorial titled ‘Why shouldn’t lawyers put their names in neon?’ published in The Sunday Gleaner on August 1. I will refrain from addressing issues involving any particular attorney given that, as mentioned in the editorial, there is a pending court case.
The editorial portrays a distorted view of the General Legal Council (the council) as a body dominated by QCs who are intent on maintaining the profession as a closed shop restricting advertising by members of the profession. It is unfortunate that before publishing an editorial, notable for its emotive language, no step was taken to obtain the facts from the council.
The council comprises 17 members, 14 of whom are attorneys appointed by the minister of justice on nomination by the Jamaican Bar Association, as well as a representative of the chief justice, a representative of the minister of justice and a representative of the attorney general. It is a statutory body charged with maintaining standards of professional conduct.
The composition of the council reflects a self-regulatory scheme where, through the nominated members with input from the judiciary, the minister of justice and the attorney general, standards of professional etiquette and professional conduct for attorneys are prescribed. The council may also direct that any specified breach of such rules shall constitute misconduct in a professional respect.
In addition, the regulations relating to advertising are administered...
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