Section 10M: Scope of practice of foreign lawyers
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
10M. Scope of practice of foreign lawyers
(1) A foreign lawyer may provide legal services—
(a) in relation to arbitration proceedings;
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(b) in relation to proceedings before bodies other than Courts, being
proceedings in which the body concerned is not required to
apply the rules of evidence and in which knowledge of the law
of a country other than Mauritius is essential;
(c) for conciliation, mediation and such other forms of consensual
dispute resolution as may be prescribed; or
(d) by tendering legal advice in relation to foreign law or international law.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a foreign lawyer may advise on the
effect of a Mauritian law where—
(a) the giving of advice on Mauritian law is necessarily incidental to
the practice of foreign law or international law; and
(b) the advice is expressly based on advice given on the Mauritian
law by a law practitioner.
[S. 10M inserted by s. 6 of Act 8 of 2008 w.e.f. 15 December 2008.]