Show cause procedure for removal of lawyer's name from local roll following foreign regulatory action
113 Show cause procedure for removal of lawyer's name from local roll following foreign regulatory action
This section applies if the Law Society is satisfied:
(a) foreign regulatory action has been taken in relation to a local lawyer; and
(b) no order mentioned in section 115(1)(a) is, at the time of the removal, in force in relation to it.
(2) The Society may serve on the lawyer a notice specifying that the Society will apply to the Supreme Court for an order that the lawyer's name be removed from the local roll unless the lawyer shows cause to the Society why the lawyer's name should not be removed.
(3) If the lawyer does not satisfy the Society that the lawyer's name should not be removed from the local roll, the Society may apply to the Court for an order that the lawyer's name be removed from the local roll.
(4) Before applying for an order that the lawyer's name be removed, the Society must afford the practitioner a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the lawyer's name should not be removed.
(5) The Court may, on application made under this section, order that the lawyer's name be removed from the local roll, or may refuse to do so.
(6) The lawyer is entitled to appear before and be heard by the Court at a hearing of an application under this section.
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