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Legal education [2025] MWHC 1

Magona v The Legal Education & Legal Practitioners (48 of 2024)

Magona v The Legal Education & Legal Practitioners (48 of 2024) [2025] MWHC 1 (22 January 2025)

The application is fundamentally defective and incompetent because it was signed by a law firm and not a legal practitioner, failed to comply with mandatory procedural requirements for change of advocate and sworn statements, and constitutes an abuse of court process.

  • Admission to bar
  • Procedural defects
  • Self-representation
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Criminal law [2017] MWSC 26

Gomani & Muza v R (MSCA Criminal Appeal 5 of 2016)

Gomani & Muza v R (MSCA Criminal Appeal 5 of 2016) [2017] MWSC 26 (7 December 2017)

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that counsel’s right of audience remained subject to existing law and refused audience to Thabo Nyirenda pending any stay or appeal.

  • Right of audience
  • Admission to bar
  • Subsidiary legislation
  • Standards for counsel
  • Right-of-audience
  • Admission-to-bar
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Legal profession [2016] MWHC 561

Ex Parte: Itimu; In Re: Legal Education & Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2003 (None)

Ex Parte: Itimu; In Re: Legal Education & Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2003 (None) [2016] MWHC 561 (14 September 2016)

The petitioner, having completed all academic and vocational requirements for legal practice in the UK but denied the final stage solely due to non-citizenship, falls within the category protected by section 9(5)(c)(ii) of the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act and is thus eligible for admission to the Malawi Bar, subject to conditions as to supervision.

  • Admission to bar
  • Foreign law qualifications
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Legal education
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