THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1991
MEASURES TO LOCALISE DIRECTORATE IN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS
MEASURES PROPOSED BY A WORKING
GROUP ON LOCALISATION IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS WERE AIMED AT DEVELOPING SELECTD LOCAL SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL FOR PROMOTION ΤΟ THE DIRECTORATE LEVEL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR MATHEWS EXPLAINED THAT ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO PLACE SELECTED LOCAL SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN SPECIALLY CREATED DIRECTORATE DEVELOPMENT POSTS TO UNDERGO A DEVELOPMENT PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED FOR PROMOTION TO THE DIRECTORATE RANK OF DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL.
BUT THE SCHEME WAS NOT A PRE-REQUISITE FOR PROMOTION. IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL AVENUE.
HEADED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS COMPRISE THE DIRECTORATE RANKS OF LAW OFFICER, PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL AND DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL. BELOW THE DIRECTORATE LEVEL ARE THE RANKS OF SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL AND CROWN COUNSEL.
GIVEN THE HISTORICAL FACT OF A PREPONDERANCE OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS IN THE CHAMBERS, MR MATHEWS SAID, LOCALISATION AT A QUICKER PACE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SPECIAL MEASURES.
"THE SCHEME IS DESIGNED ΤΟ HELP SOME LOCAL OFFICERS GAIN WIDER EXPERIENCE SO THAT THEY WILL BE IN A STRONGER POSITION TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE MORE EXPERIENCED OVERSEAS OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION, HE SAID.
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IT WILL BE OPEN TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL ON THE SCHEME ΤΟ BR PROMOTED ANY TIME WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD WHEN VACANCIES BECOME AVAILABLE.
MR MATHEWS SAID IT WAS NOT TRUE TO SUGGEST THAT SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL SELECTED FOR THE SCHEME WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD BEFORE THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION.
"ALL SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, LOCAL AND EXPATRIATE, REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION. LOCAL OFFICERS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARB ON THE SCHEME, WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION WHENEVER VACANCIES ARISE, HE SAID.
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THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD WILL INCLUDE A TRAINING DURING WHICH THE COUNSEL WILL BE ATTACHED TO GOVERNMENT BRANCHES,
THE PURPOSE OF ATTACHMENT IS TO COUNSEL AND TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL SUCH ATTACHMENTS ARE NOT NOVEL IN THE OFFICERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE SECRETARIAT.
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