Lawyer faults magistrates� powers on contempt

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Lawyers are often the object of magistrates' fury

Attorney Bugalo Maripe, has argued that magistrates misapply their powers when they cite officers of court for contempt.

He told a conference at the University of Botswana on Thursday that the powers of magistrates to cite the officers is contested.

In a paper titled: ‘Judicial Power to Imprison Officers of the Court for in Facie Curiae Contempt Of Court: Some Experiences in Botswana’, he faulted the summary way in which magistrates apply their powers to cite officers of court for contempt.

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