Sanctioned Lawyers
| RESPONDENT | LAWYER ALEXANDER KOFI OSEI-OWUSU- |
| COMPLAINANT | MOSES KWAME OFEI |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE RESPONDENT FALSELY REPRESENTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD$30.000) GIVEN TO HIM BY THE COMPLAINANT WAS RETURNED TO HIM IN A LUMP SUM, A STATEMENT WHICH WAS PATENTLY UNTRUE. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON 3RD DECEMBER, 2015 REPRIMANDED HIM TO BE MORE CIRCUMSPECT AND TRUTHFUL IN HIS DEALINGS WITH ALL MANNER OF PERSONS. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | CHARLES WALKER DAFEAMEKPOR |
| COMPLAINANT | SENA EDZIA |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD EMBEZELLED HIS MONEY |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON 9TH JULY, 2015 REPRIMANDED HIM FOR FAILING TO KEEP PROPERLY WRITTEN BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | LAWYER NKRABEA EFFAH-DARTEY |
| COMPLAINANT | 37 DISPLACED FARMERS OF NKWANTAKROM |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANTS ALLEGED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD MISMANAGED MONIES GIVEN TO HIM ON THEIR BEHALF FOR USE. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON 9TH JULY, 2015, REPRIMANDED HIM FOR FAILING TO KEEP PROPERLY, WRITTEN BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS, TO THE COMPLAINANTS.
HE WAS ALSO WARNED TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN HIS HANDLING OF CLIENTS MONEY IN FUTURE. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | LAWYER VIVIAN MFODWAA GYAN |
| COMPLAINANT | JULIANA MENSAH OTABIL |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT SHE ENTERED INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FORMER HUSBAND WHICH CULMINATED IN A TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE SOON AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPLAINANT’S MARRIAGE BY THE COURT. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 14TH MAY, 2015 FOUND HER CONDUCT TO BE HIGHLY UNETHICAL AND UNPROFESSIONALCONDUCT, WHICH RAISES ISSUES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND CONSTITUTED AN ABDICATION OF HER DUTY TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF HER CLIENT AT ALL MATERIAL TIMES. SHE WAS THUS REPRIMANDED. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | MRS. MARGARET ACHIAMPONG |
| COMPLAINANT | MADAM SIMI JOHNSON |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO REPRESENT HER IN COURT AFTER COLLECTING AN AMOUNT OF GH₵2000.00 AS LEGAL FEES. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 22ND JANUARY, 2015, DECIDED TO REPRIMAND HER FOR MISCONDUCT. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | LAWYER MUSA AHMED |
| COMPLAINANT | MADAM AUGUSTINA OWUSU |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT, WITHOUT HER CONSENT AND THAT OF THE BENEFICIARIES, THE RESPONDENT RELEASED MONIES OWED TO HER DECEASED HUSBAND BY MIDRAS MINING COMPANY, TO ONE ERIC YEBOAH, A BROTHER OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 22ND JANUARY, 2015 DECIDED TO REPRIMAND HIM FOR NEGLIGENTLY HANDLING THE ESTATE OF THE COMPLAINANT ‘S DECEASED HUSBAND.
HE WAS WARNED TO BE MORE DELIGENT IN HANDLING OF CLIENT’S MONEY IN FUTURE. |
| SANCTION | REPRIMANDED |
| RESPONDENT | LAWYER KWAME AGATI |
| COMPLAINANT | HON. B.D. K. ADU |
| NATURE OF COMPLAINT | THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD PLACED HIMSELF IN A POSITION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
MR. KWAME AGATI FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN HIS DEALING WITH THE COMPLAINANT BY FAILING TO BE FRANK AND HONEST WITH HIS CLIENT CONTRARY TO RULE 9(7) OF L.I. 613 OF 1969 OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT. |
| OUTCOME | THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 6TH FEBRUARY, 2014 SUSPENDED THE RESPONDENT FROM PRACTICING AS A LAWYER FOR A PERIOD OF SIX (6) MONTHS. |
| SANCTION | SUSPENDED FOR SIX(6)
MONTHS |