Courtney Akinwale Kazembe
Allegation / charges
Fined | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered September 15, 2018. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 139/2017 IN THE MATTER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL (ALLAN WOOD Q.C.) and COURTNEY KAZEMBE an …
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In a complaint brought by Allan Wood Q.C. against attorney Courtney Kazembe, the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found that the attorney committed breaches of the Legal Profession (Accounts and Records) Regulations across numerous years (2002-2008, 2010-2012, 2014-2015), contrary to sections 16(1) and 17, which amounted to professional misconduct under section 12(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act. The attorney admitted the breaches through Counsel. The Committee ordered a fine of $50,000.00 for each year in breach plus $50,000.00 costs, totalling $650,000.00. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
Mitigating factors:
- Attorney admitted, through Counsel, to having committed the breaches
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=600000"]
Duties engaged
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