Chief Registrar v Shah [2010] FJILSC 25 (30 September 2010)

IN THE INDEPENDENT
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION

ILSC Action No: 008 of 2009

and

001 of 2010

BETWEEN:

CHIEF REGISTRAR
Applicant

AND:

HAROON ALI SHAH
Respondent

ORDER

It is hereby ordered:

ORDERS

1. The Respondent's practising certificate is conditioned from today as follows:
   • (i) The Respondent is to undertake five criminal trials in the High Court Lautoka on behalf of the Legal Aid Commission at no cost before the 1^st of October 2011. Such trials are to have an estimated duration of not more than five days each.
2. The trials are to be selected by the Director Legal Aid Commission.
3. The condition is to be removed on the Director Legal Aid Commission certifying to the Chief Registrar that the five trials have been satisfactorily completed.
4. Such the condition not be removed on or before the 1^st of October 2011 the Respondent's practising certificate shall be suspended for five months from that date without further order.
5. The Respondent is to pay the sum of $7,000 to the Commission for payment to Joo Young Lee and Soon Ah Huh.
6. The Respondent is to pay to this Commission from his trust account the sum of $4,060 and from his office account the sum of $778 for payment out to Jagat Singh.
7. The Respondent is to pay to this Commission witness expenses totaling $2,881.65.
8. The payments in orders 5, 6 and 7 ore to be made within 28 days, failing which the Respondent's practising certificate is suspended without further order until payment is made.
9. In the event that the Respondent is unable due to circumstances outside his control to complete the five criminal trials referred to in order 1 prior to the 1^st of October 2001, liberty is granted to apply to this Commission.

30 SEPTEMBER 2010

JOHN CONNORS
COMMISSIONER