The Chambers of Narghis Bundhun SC is recognised as a leading set of barristers in Family Law and is committed to all aspects of Mauritian Law advising and representing clients in a wide range of proceedings. Based in Port-Louis in the legal centre of the capital, the Chambers is composed of both senior and junior barristers providing expert advice and striving to solve problems quickly and cost-efficiently.
The Mauritian Legal System is one that academic commentators define as a mixed legal system meaning that our legal system is based on both French and English legal traditions.
This peculiarity stems from the history of our Republic which was a French colony known as the Isle de France before being taken over by the British Empire in 1810 and renamed Mauritius. This heritage orgininates from the shrewd political skills of Lord Farquhar who as the first British governor of the island, believed that the only way to maintain social harmony and peace within the colony was to allow the remaining French settlors on the island to keep their laws, religion, and customs. As a result, the Napoleonic Codes of 1804 composed of the Code Civil, Code de Commerce, Code Pénal and Code de Procedure were preserved in virtue of Article 8 of the Act of Capitulation and remain to this day the cornerstone of Mauritian Law whilst English legal tradition was incorporated over time.
From the latter part of the nineteenth century to this day the Mauritian Legislature in its various embodiments namely the Council of the Government, the Legislative Assembly and since 1968 the National Assembly has enacted a number of laws closely following the English pattern.
