A practitioner whose name has been removed from the roll and who seeks a stay pending appeal must show a cogent reason beyond the ordinary prejudice of being unable to practise, even if the practitioner does not seek to continue practising law. The public interest in debarring unfit practitioners is to be afforded particular significance and is not displaced by assertions of prejudice to non-legal employment that are not established with fullness and frankness.
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