LSB challenges Tafa's practice return

Parks Tafa
Parks Tafa

The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) has filed an appeal seeking to overturn the High Court's decision ordering the issuance of a practising certificate to Collins Newman and Company (CNC) and its managing partner, Parks Tafa.

Tafa, former Botswana Democratic Party legal advisor had taken the LSB to court challenging its decision not to award him a practising licence for this year and applying for his firm to be placed under curatorship.

He was not issued a practising certificate and as a result the Master of the High Court removed him from the roll of practising attorneys. George Simanga, a certified auditor of the Abson Partners, as curator had taken control and administered the trust accounts of CNC.

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