{"id":445112,"date":"2017-12-08T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T19:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T19:10:59","slug":"ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll quit law practice in Ghana due to \u2018demigods\u2019 &#8211; Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  8 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/95642306.295.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier Sosu Law\" title=\"Xavier Sosu Law\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>I won\u2019t practice law in Ghana, until there are real changes in the GLC , Lawyer Sosu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512760259_775_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has revealed his willingness to quit the practice of law in Ghana, stating he cannot stand the level of injustice and arbitrariness of the General Legal Council. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sosu who has been handed a three-year ban from practicing for professional misconduct, has accused members of the Council of destroying young lawyers in the country in order \u201cto seek relevance\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be frank with you, I\u2019m so prepared right now to quit legal practice in Ghana. Oh of course, I\u2019m prepared to quit. Me, i can\u2019t stand injustices,\u201d he said on Onua FM\u2019s Yen Sempa morning show Friday. <\/p>\n<p>He told host of the show, Bright Kwesi Asempa that members of the Council, which has recently been criticised for its posture, \u201chave formed themselves into a cartel\u201d and intimidating layers, especially the young ones. <\/p>\n<p>In his estimation, the General Legal Council, which is the main regulatory body for the conduct and administration of legal education and profession in Ghana, has now become lawless with no regard for due process whatsoever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou constitute yourself into a body which is so arbitrary, which is so lawless,\u201d he said, adding \u201cOnce a while, we must call a spade a spade in this country\u201d. He made reference to his disciplinary hearing to support his argument, suggesting he was humiliated, insulted and mocked at by some senior judges on the Council. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that hearing, the kind of things that were said\u2026i beg that\u2019s why i usually don\u2019t want to waste my time on this issue,\u201d he said, and mentioned \u201cYou\u2019re a disgrace, what a crass, you\u2019ve turned yourself into ambulance\u201d among other statements used by the Council members against him. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he said the Ghana Bar Association that is supposed to protect the interest of lawyers in the country is in bed with the Council, something he said is a worry to the legal profession in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>He indicated that he is \u201cnot afraid to express\u201d his \u201chonest view\u201d about the Council \u201cbecause in this country, we have freedom of expression and so long as it is not intended to coerce anybody, it is not intended to interfere with anything, I\u2019m free to share\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot until i have seen that there have been real changes that make it impossible for people to turn themselves into demigods to determine the destiny of other people in legal practice in Ghana, there is no way me I will want to practice law in Ghana,\u201d he stated bluntly. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sosu said it is his dream that the General Legal Council collapses and replaced with a constitutional body that will be open and follow due process.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: 66 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 8 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-08 I won\u2019t practice law in Ghana, until there are real changes in the GLC , Lawyer Sosu Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has revealed his willingness to quit the practice of law in Ghana, stating he cannot stand the level of injustice and arbitrariness of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":445113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019ll quit law practice in Ghana due to \u2018demigods\u2019 - Lawyer - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I\u2019ll quit law practice in Ghana due to \u2018demigods\u2019 - Lawyer - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Friday, 8 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-08 I won\u2019t practice law in Ghana, until there are real changes in the GLC , Lawyer Sosu Human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has revealed his willingness to quit the practice of law in Ghana, stating he cannot stand the level of injustice and arbitrariness of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/08\\\/ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/08\\\/ill-quit-law-practice-in-ghana-due-to-demigods-lawyer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"I\u2019ll quit law practice in Ghana due to \u2018demigods\u2019 &#8211; 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