Supreme Court · 19 September 2025

Occupational Health and Safety Institute v James Mataliro (APPEAL NO. 12/2025) [2025] ZMSC 24 (19 September 2025)

Whether employed legal practitioners may concurrently engage in private practice under Rules 24 and 27. Flynote Legal Practitioners' Practice Rules — Part V (Employed Legal Practitioners) — Rule 24(2) prohibits employed legal practitioners from providing legal services other than for their employer; Rule 27 restricts practice to representing the employer and prescribes prerequisites; contract tainted with illegality — unenforceability; appellate jurisdiction — remittal of unresolved counterclaim for hearing; regulatory duty of Law Association of Zambia (LAZ). Read full summary

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