Insurers cause confusion in legal fraternity
Thursday, February 05, 2015
“The insurers need to note that they cannot determine fees for professionals, and on the other hand, attorneys also need to be made aware that agreeing fees with a third party who is not your client is misconduct,” said chairman of Law Society of Botswana (LSB), Lawrence Lecha, at the opening of the legal year on Tuesday.
He said that even though business has not been good recently, anticompetitive behaviour and misconduct should not be allowed, as it may cause irreparable damage to the image of the profession. “In this regard, the society is looking to the Attorney General, statutory corporations and banks to spread work evenly through the law firms in order to improve market conditions,” he said.
The chieftainship spats between Seretse and Khama’s uncles have purely degenerated into a permanent elephant in the room and it does not seem anyone cares to ensure this hurdle is dealt with promptly for the attainment of peace for GammaNgwato’s bogosi.Just as the proverbial, when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers aptly suggests, and so is the state of the institution of bogosi in GammaNgwato.Such is the case because the...