§ MR. ERRINGTONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Chief Justice of Trinidad lately refused to admit to practise at the local bar an English barrister, unless he would give a written undertaking that he would reside permanently in the Colony; and, whether the Chief Justice was justified in imposing such a condition; or whether it is not the case that any member of the English, Irish, or Scotch bars has a right to practise at any Colonial bar on payment of the entrance fee?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHSir, I have heard nothing about any refusal to admit an English barrister to practice at the Trinidad Bar; but the admission of barristers to practice in Colonial Courts is regulated by the laws of 551 the different Colonies, and by rules of the Courts made under these laws; and there is at least one Australasian Colony in which it is the rule that barristers before admission must satisfy the Court that they intend to reside and practice in the Colony.