High Court rules in favour of lawyers advertising

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The Law Society of Botswana (LSB) has been ordered to amend its Legal Practitioner’s Act that barred law firms from advertising.

In a move that will see many law firms advertising their services to the public through many different platforms, Judge Mercy Garekwe of the Lobatse High Court agreed that the subsections of the act barring advertising were unconstitutional.

Justice Garekwe agreed with the applicant attorney, Osego Garebamono that Section 52 (1) (b) (c) and (d) of the Act be struck down and that the LSB amend it within six months of the order.

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