The following note provides an update on the work undertaken by the Seychelles Child Law Reform Committee since its establishment in June 2020, and its plans for 2021. This note has been prepared by the Chairperson of the Child Law Reform Committee (CLRC), Justice Dr. Mathilda Twomey, and Alan Wallis, Head of the CLRC Technical Committee, with input from the CLRC Members.

Please take note that the Board of Examiners has taken the decision to postpone the Bar Examination to November 2020. The Bar Examination will therefore not take place from 21 September 2020 – 3 October 2020, as published in the Government Gazette on 20 July 2020 under Notice No.

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.

The Judiciary of Seychelles Report provides an overview of the work of the Courts, highlights and court statistics for the years 2018 and 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

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.

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.