ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION – Anguilla Bar Association

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION

About the Association

The Anguilla Bar Association, which began as a voluntary association in 1987, was continued as a body corporate on 27th April 2016 under the Legal Profession Act, 2016. The Association aim is to uphold the rule of law and the cause of justice and protect the interest of the legal profession as well as that of the public.

The legal profession in Anguilla has a membership of approximately 70 legal practitioners comprising barristers and solicitors. Each legal practitioner is automatically a member of the Anguilla Bar Association so long as he/she holds a valid Practising Certificate. A Legal Practitioner who does not hold a Practising Certificate is a Non-Practising Member.

Purposes of the Association

THE PURPOSES

OF THE

ASSOCIATION

ARE TO

(a) maintain and improve the standards of conduct of the practice of law in Anguilla;