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 Posted - 14 Dec 2006 : 15:51:18
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LAWYERS CAUTIONED ON DUBIOUS PRACTICES
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Dr. Henry Carrol, the Acting Solicitor General has called on lawyers to desist from practices detrimental to their profession. Addressing a gathering for the swearing-in ceremony of two members to the bar recently, Dr. Carrol said that they have been receiving complaints about ill-practices some lawyers are engaged in.
He advised barristers to maintain their impeccable integrity and that of the profession. “Always aim for the excellent,” he said. The Chief Justice, Abdou Karim Savage said legal practising is founded on learning, advocacy, ethics, selflessness and service to the people.
“Legal practitioners have the public duty of providing guidance and assistance to all manner of persons within a framework of rules, regulations and procedures that primarily ensure the rule of law,” said the Chief Justice.
Amie Bensouda, the president of The Gambia Bar Association said like all commonwealth jurisdictions, The Gambian Bar also faces many challenges. She said that some of the challenges are external, arising from limitations of the environment in which they operate.
“Others are internal to the profession and require that both individually and collectively we are effectively organise to take up our role in upholding professional standards and ethics, protecting our members from persecution and improper restrictions and infringements, providing legal services to all in need of them, and cooperating with governmental and other institutions in furthering the ends of justice and the public interest,” Madam Bensouda pointed out.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue NO. 111/2006, 11-12 December, 2006
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