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Patel v Gottfried (Civil Appeal No. 10 of 1952)

East African Court of Appeal · [1955] EACA 16 · 1955 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Civil appeal from decision of H.M. Supreme Court of Kenya
Decision
Appeal adjourned sine die

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Holding

An order suspending an advocate from practising within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Kenya prohibited practice as an advocate within the territorial limits of Kenya. The right of audience before the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa as a practising advocate of a constituent territory did not confer the right to practise as an advocate in Kenya. The suspended advocate could not appear in the Court of Appeal in respect of a Kenya appeal during the suspension period.

Outcome

Appeal adjourned sine die

Facts

The appellant appeared by Mr. X, an advocate who had filed the memorandum of appeal while a practising advocate in Kenya. On 8 September 1952, the Supreme Court of Kenya suspended Mr. X from practising for two years. By the date fixed for hearing (26 January 1953), Mr. X was a practising advocate in Tanganyika and Uganda. The respondent's advocate received no notice of any change of appellant's advocate and assumed the appellant was no longer represented. On the hearing date, the respondent's advocate requested an adjournment, being unprepared to argue the appeal on its merits. Mr. X sought to rely on Court of Appeal rules permitting advocates entitled to practise in any constituent territory to have a right of audience before the Court of Appeal.

Issues

  1. Whether an advocate suspended from practising in Kenya retained the right of audience before the Eastern African Court of Appeal by virtue of being a practising advocate in other constituent territories (Tanganyika and Uganda).

Orders

  • Hearing of appeal adjourned sine die.

Rules and key headnotes

Legal Practitioners - Suspension - Territorial Scope of Suspension Order
A suspension order made by the Supreme Court of Kenya suspending an advocate from practising within the jurisdiction of that court means the advocate is prohibited from practising as an advocate within the territorial limits of Kenya, not merely that he cannot appear in the Supreme Court itself.
Legal Practitioners - Right of Audience - Court of Appeal - Effect of Territorial Suspension
The right of audience before the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa conferred on advocates entitled to practise in constituent territories does not permit a suspended advocate to practise in Kenya in contravention of a suspension order made by the Supreme Court of Kenya, even where the advocate remains entitled to practise in other constituent territories.

Legislation cited (2)

  • Advocates Ordinance (Kenya) s.2
  • Advocates Ordinance (Kenya) s.15

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Patel v Gottfried (Civil Appeal No. 10 of 1952) [1955] EACA 16 (1 January 1955)
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