{"id":333880,"date":"2017-07-04T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333880"},"modified":"2017-07-04T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T12:38:38","slug":"xavier-sosus-stay-of-execution-plea-adjourned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/xavier-sosus-stay-of-execution-plea-adjourned\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Sosu\u2019s stay of execution plea adjourned"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the hearing of an application for a stay of execution by suspended human rights lawyer, Francis Xavi Sosu, over his suspension from legal practice by the General Legal Council.<\/p>\n
The adjournment followed a request by lawyers for the Council to consult their clients following what they call new allegations against some officers of the Legal Council.<\/p>\n
Francis Sosu filed the application seeking to put on hold his three-year suspension from the legal profession pending the final determination of his appeal by the court.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”KLbbR74GblBd1eAOiTE6bBG45TXe9qNt”]The Ghana Legal Council earlier in June 2017, banned Francis Xavier-Sosu, a renowned Human Rights lawyer, from practicing as a lawyer for three years, for overcharging a client, one Francis Agyare, when he represented him in a Human Right case in Accra.<\/p>\n It said that, within the 3-year period, Lawyer Xavier-Sosu \u201cshall not hold himself out as a Legal Practitioner or attend Chambers, or render, or purport to render any professional legal service to any person whomsoever, wheresoever.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the Legal Council, Lawyer Xavier-Sosu charged his client GH\u00a250,000, which was \u201cexcessive\u201d and an \u201coverestimation\u201d for the services rendered, although he [Sosu] had told the client he was offering his legal services for free.<\/p>\n But the embattled lawyer appealed<\/strong><\/a><\/span> the council\u2019s decision and subsequently applied for a stay of execution<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of his 3-year ban.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Court of Appeal has adjourned the hearing of an application for a stay of execution by suspended human rights lawyer, Francis Xavi Sosu, over his suspension from legal practice by the General Legal Council. The adjournment followed a request by lawyers for the Council to consult their clients following what they call new allegations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[7745,3,3841],"yoast_head":"\n