�Annus horribilis for the Botswana judiciary�

This year is no different, only perhaps more urgent.

Permit me His/your Lordship to start as always with the mandate of the Law Society. We intend to proceed in this way until we are all singing from the same hymn book. The mandate of the Society is, in a nutshell, about ensuring professional standards through amongst others regulation and continuing legal education. As has been stated before, a Law Society is also a guardian of the Rule of Law in any society. No lawyer worth his / her salt can claim to have no interest in the Rule of Law.