{"id":394573,"date":"2017-06-06T14:54:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/if-we-are-not-harsh-indiscipline-will-abound-okudzeto-justifies-sosu-ban\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T14:54:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T14:54:23","slug":"if-we-are-not-harsh-indiscipline-will-abound-okudzeto-justifies-sosu-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/if-we-are-not-harsh-indiscipline-will-abound-okudzeto-justifies-sosu-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"If we are not harsh, indiscipline will abound &#8211; Okudzeto justifies Sosu ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>A member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council has justified the three-year ban on a popular Human Rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu for breaching professional rules.<\/p>\n<p>The legal practitioner was found guilty of four charges &#8211; excessive legal fees, an over- estimation of services, failing to appear before the committee and advertising which is against the GLC \u00a0Professional Conduct and Etiquette Rules, 1969 (LI 613).<\/p>\n<p>The ban slapped on the lawyer has received traction on social media with many concerned\u00a0it was excessive\u00a0and harsh.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/images\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:377px; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Explaining the GLC decision, the former President of the Ghana Bar Association Sam Okudzeto said the disciplinary committee includes no less a person than the incoming Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested the composition of the 9-member panel should inform the public about the quality of deliberations that went into the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Okudzeto revealed Francis Xavier Sosu was his former student like many others he has taught in law school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know something funny? He was my student, many of them are my students&#8230;they come daily to the committee and I look at their face and say &#8216;was that what I taught you?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/law.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:324px; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lawyer with 55 years at the bar remains convinced the conduct of the young lawyer merited the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not a mean thing,&#8221; he said explaining, the greatest benefit of the ban is in the deterring effect it is likely to have on lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are not harsh and tough in disciplining them, then what we are doing is opening the\u00a0floodgate so everybody can do what they like\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He was emphatic, there are &#8220;lots&#8221; and &#8220;loads&#8221; of cases like the Sosu case before the Legal Council.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Okudzeto, a stickler for rules, complained about rising levels of dishonesty and &#8220;all manner of disgraceful things&#8221; bringing the profession into disrepute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council has justified the three-year ban on a popular Human Rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu for breaching professional rules. 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