THE REPUBLIC vs. JOHN KINGSLEY ARTHUR AND ANOTHER & NANA AMAKYE II EX-PARTE : NANA KWAMENA EKUNTAN II (CHIEF OF DWOMO)

RULING The law relating to Solicitor’s License Section 2 of the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32) states as follows: Status of Lawyers A person whose name is entered on the Roll kept under section 6 (a) is entitled, subject to Section 8, to practice as a lawyer, whether as a barrister or solicitor or both, the fees, charges and disbursement for services rendered as a lawyer, and (b) is an officer of the Courts, and (c) is subject, when acting as a lawyer, to the liabilities that attach by law to a Solicitor. Section 8 (1) of Act 32 also provides as follows: A person other than the Attorney-General, or an officer of the Attorney-General’s department, shall not practice as a Solicitor unless that person has in respect of that practice a valid annual Solicitor’s license issued by the Council duly stamped and in the form set out in the second schedule. The Legal Profession Act was enacted to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the legal profession. It mak...