[2017]DLCA4749 • December 6, 2017 • Court of Appeal
FRANCIS –XAVIER SOSU vs. GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL
The appellant, Francis-Xavier Sosu, was suspended from legal practice by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council for charges of touting, personal advertisement, and overestimation of legal fees, following his own plea of guilty. He appealed the disciplinary decisions to the High Court Human Rights Division and sought stay of execution of the disciplinary sanctions pending appeal. A Single Justice of the Court of Appeal dismissed the stay applications on jurisdictional grounds, finding no valid appeal had been filed in the proper registry as required by Court of Appeal Rules.
read moreACKAH-YENSU, JA This Ruling is in respect of two (2) applications for a reversal of the decision of a Single Justice of the Court of Appeal in two separate suits, namely; Suit No. H3/55/2017 and; H3/56/2017. Both suits bear the same title. Suit No. H3/55/2017 however is in respect of the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council dated 1st June, 2017 regarding the charge of touting and personal advertisement. Suit No. H3/56/2017, on the other hand, is in respect of the charge of over estimation of legal fees. These are the antecedents of this case. On 1st June, 2017 the Appellant/Applicant (hereinafter referred to as the “Applicant”) was handed a three (3) year suspension from legal practice by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council after he was convicted of touting and personal advertisement, and also suspended for one (1) year after being convicted of over-estimating services he rendered to a client, upon his own plea of guilty o...