SUSPENDED LAZ COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE PRESIDENT LUNGISANI ZULU TO COURT
Two suspended Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) council members, Arnold Kaluba and Mulenga Sholomo, have filed a court application to challenge their suspension by LAZ president Lungisani Zulu. The duo is seeking permission from the court to commence the action during the Christmas vacation.
The suspension stems from a proposal by Kaluba and Sholomo to exempt new lawyers being called to the Bar between December 16 and 20, 2024, from paying 2024 subscription fees. The two council members had written to the Legal Practitioners Committee (LPC) on November 28, 2024, pleading for a reversal of the decision requiring 399 new lawyers to pay subscription or practicing certificate fees amounting to K3,025.
Kaluba and Sholomo claim that their suspension was illegal and procedurally flawed, and that it has damaged their reputations as legal practitioners and threatens their livelihoods. They are seeking a judicial review of their suspensions and want the court to declare their suspension illegal and irrational.
Surely, that cannot be the reason for their suspension. Can it?
This is immaturity of the highest order! LAZ President must be serious. I wonder what the legal profession has become. Ziale comes with a life ban of students who fail to complete LPQE when the old students rules had a five – year ban!
Education is and must be a right regardless of a specific profession. Zambia need an educated society and every law must facilitate the objective of education.
Even a poor boy from either shangombo or nkeyema or Chiengi must be given any opportunity to excel .
Ignorance of law is no defence as the adage goes. Why then debar former students for life as if they lack integrity?
John Mwale. I urge you to take what you read with a pinch of salt. There is absolutely no way that this story is accurate.