Law Council fears attack on independence of Fiji’s legal profession

25/05/2009

The Law Council has grave concerns about the future independence of the legal profession in Fiji after the Fiji Government today issued a decree removing the Law Society’s power to issue practising certificates. Decree 16 places the power to issue practising certificates in the hands of the chief registrar of the court – a government employee. View the LCA's media release>

**25 May 2009 **


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