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Law Council fears attack on independence of Fiji’s legal profession

Mon May 25 2009

The Law Council has grave concerns about the future independence of the legal profession in Fiji after the Fiji Government today issued a decree removing the Law Society’s power to issue practising certificates. Decree 16 places the power to issue practising certificates in the hands of the chief registrar of the court – a government employee. View the LCA's media release>

25 May 2009

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