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)

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