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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SECT 69

69—Professional misconduct

In this Act—

"professional misconduct" includes—

            (a)         unsatisfactory professional conduct of a legal practitioner, where the conduct involves a substantial or consistent failure to reach or maintain a reasonable standard of competence and diligence; and

            (b)         conduct of a legal practitioner whether occurring in connection with the practice of law or occurring otherwise than in connection with the practice of law that would, if established, justify a finding that the practitioner is not a fit and proper person to practise the profession of the law.



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