The applicant applied for an order for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners, notaries public and conveyancers. The applicant also sought an order for the respondent to pay expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. More
The respondent is a legal practitioner practising under the style of Lawman Chimuriwo Attorneys at Law. He set up the firm with another legal practitioner in 2012 soon after registration as a legal practitioner. He was registered on 7th January 2009. The applicant contends that the respondent should be found guilty of unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy conduct arising from complaints brought to its attention by Mr Kenias and Mrs Farai Mafukidze (the Mafukidzes). The applicant filed the present application seeking an order for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners, notaries and conveyancers. It is... More
This is an application for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the Register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers and payment of expenses incurred by the applicant in connection with these proceedings. The respondent is alleged to have acted at the same time for two different parties where the interests of the parties were conflicted or were bound to be conflicted. He sold the immovable property of a client without the client’s authority or an order of court. After selling the immovable property and receiving the purchase price, he failed to remit the balance of purchase price to... More
On 28th of February 2013, one Pia Violet Jumo lodged a complaint with the applicant against the respondent. The complaint is based on the following facts which are largely common cause. The complainant and her husband (the complainants) entered into an agreement of sale with one Blessing Tusaumwe (the seller) in terms of which they purchased an immovable property from the seller for a sum of US$27 000. The transaction was facilitated by a real estate and property management company known as Tshukudu Properties & Management (the company). The respondent, who is the principal of the law firm Baera &... More
The applicant seeks the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners. The respondent is a legal practitioner registered with the applicant. At the material time he was and is still the senior partner in Muringi Kamdefwere Legal Practitioners (the respondent’s law firm). He is alleged to have contravened s 23 (1) (d) and s 23(1)(c) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27:07] as read with By-Law 70E and 70F of the Law Society of Zimbabwe By-laws, 1982 (SI 314/1982) (By-Laws) in the following respects:
a) he failed to pay promptly to client money deposited in his... More
The respondent is a legal practitioner practising under the style of Puwayi Chiutsi Legal Practitioners. He was registered as such on 9 November 1992. The applicant contends that the respondent should be found guilty of unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy conduct arising from complaints brought to its attention by Eliot Rogers, the Honourable Mr Justice MANGOTA and Albert Mazhindu. The complaint by Eliot Rogers was that the respondent had abused funds he was supposed to hold in trust on behalf of Rogers. The complaint by Albert Mazhindu was that the respondent had forcibly ejected him from a house he was renting... More
This is a case where the respondent does not have any defence to offer to the allegations against him. The evidence against the respondent is overwhelming and largely corroborated by the respondent in his counter-statement and supplementary heads of argument. More
