Legal guard taken to court
Friday, January 15, 2016
Medupe says his rights have been violated PIC: COURTESY OF WWW.LEGALGUARD.CO.BW
One client, Onkemetse Medupe, through a legal suit has accused the legal insurance company for breaching the legal expenses insurance contract alleging they refused him to engage his own legal representation away from the one provided by the company on their panel of attorneys.
Through a notice of motion filed on December 4, 2015 by his external attorney, Ofentse Khumomotse, Medupe said the company’s refusal to give consent to appoint attorney of own choice and rather availing internal attorneys breached the contract entered between the two parties.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...