Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo has denied an application by disbarred lawyer Haroon Ali Shah to be re-admitted as a legal practitioner.
Mr Shah was charged with nine counts of professional misconduct and unprofessional conduct in 2011 and 2012, and was found guilty of the charges by the Commissioner for Independent Legal Services Commission.
The Chief Registrar was then ordered to strike his name off the Roll of Legal Practitioners.
In August 2020, he petitioned the Chief Justice to be readmitted as a legal practitioner.
In a decision delivered on January 14, 2020, the then Chief Justice Kamal Kumar struck out Mr Shah’s petition for restoration to the roll. The decision prompted Mr Shah to file an appeal to have the Chief Justice’s decision set aside.
Last year, Mr Shah turned to the Fiji Court of Appeal, however, the court ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear his appeal.
Yesterday, Justice Temo told the parties he was denying Mr Shah’s application.
He will deliver a written judgment on December 11.
