LAW SOCIETY v CHINYENZE 2019 (2) ZLR 66 (DT)
Citation | 2019 (2) ZLR 66 (DT) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-257-19 |
Court | Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, Harare |
Judge | Chatakuta J (Chairperson), Musakwa J (Deputy Chairperson), D Kanokanga & Mrs S Moyo (members) |
Heard | 28 September 2018; 5 October 2018; 19 December 2018; 29 March 2019 |
Judgment | 3 April 2019 |
Counsel | N R Mutasa, for the applicant |
Case Type | Application for striking off of legal practitioner |
Annotations |
Flynote
Criminal procedure – charge – plea – autrefois acquit – meaning – inapplicability to disciplinary proceedings against legal practitioner
Legal practitioner – discipline – charge brought before Tribunal – onus of proof in disciplinary cases – respondent acquitted on criminal charge – whether can still be charged with disciplinary offence – autrefois acquit plea not applicable
Legal practitioner – discipline – penalty – misappropriation of trust funds – striking off register inevitable
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