Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the search of Hon. Ramkalawan's luggage
The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the search of Hon. Ramkalawan's luggage as well as a summary of the findings is available here.
Blogs
COVID-19 - Government Special Measures and legislation
On 8 April 2020, by Press release, the Public Health Commissioner (Acting under regulation 7, 7C, 8, 9 and 13A of the Public Health (Infectious Disease Regulations, SI 8 of 1960) ordered that:
"[F]or a period of 21 days starting from 12:00pm of 8 April 2020 and up to 12:00 PM of 29 April 2020 subject to the exceptions and restrictions set out hereunder:
1. All persons in Seychelles, except as exempted or specified hereunder, are restricted from outdoor movement;
Judiciary of Seychelles - 2018/2019 Report
The Judiciary of Seychelles Report provides an overview of the work of the Courts, highlights and court statistics for the years 2018 and 2019.
Applications for Bar Examination 2019
The Examination for Admission of Attorneys at law (the Bar Examination) in terms of section 20 of the Legal Practitioners Act will take place on 5 August - 16th August 2019. Applicants to write the Bar Examination are invited to make application to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Examination Schedule
The examinations will be according to the following Schedule:
Monday 5 August 2019: Paper 1: Civil Code of Seychelles and all laws to be read as part thereof
Tuesday 6 August 2019: Paper 2: Seychelles Code of Civil Procedure
Judiciary launches online causelist
The causelists for the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Magistrates court are available online at https://eservice.egov.sc/Judiciary/.
This facility allows a user to choose between the court, the date parameters and to search within the results.
The sections for the Family Tribunal and Employment Tribunal are still under construction.
Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the conduct of CJ Twomey
The Final Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the conduct of CJ Twomey is available here.
The Tribunal of Inquiry found that there was no misconduct committed by Chief Justice Twomey.
Applications for Bar Examination 2018
Call for Applications
The Examination for Admission of Attorneys at law (the Bar Examination) in terms of section 20 of the Legal Practitioners Act will take place on 6 August 2018 - 17th August. Applicants to write the Bar Examination are invited to make application to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Examination Schedule
The examinations will be according to the following Schedule:
Monday 6 August 2018: Paper 1: Civil Code of Seychelles and all laws to be read as part thereof
New look SeyLII is here - please contact us with any missing links!
Welcome to the new look SeyLII platform! SeyLII has been working with AfricanLII to bring a more usable, research-friendly platform and we hope that you enjoy its new functionality.
We know that it is not yet perfect and apologise for some missing links. Please send us an email via our contact page if you spot any missing content and we will try to remedy it as soon as possible.
eGrey Book resource alive and well until 2018
SeyLII is delighted to announce that, with the generous assistance of local and international sponsors and through our own fundraising efforts, we have been able to secure a contract that will keep the groundbreaking eGrey Book resource online, with free and unrestricted access for all Seychellois, until May 2018.
Report on Tribunal of Inquiry into Judge Karunakaran
The Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the misbehaviour of Judge Karunakaran can be found here.
The Report was submitted to the President of the Republic of Seychelles in terms of Article 134 on 28th August 2017 and copies were made available to all other parties the following day.
