LPPC lifts 20 months suspension of lawyer’s SAN rank The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has lifted the 20 months suspension of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank of a Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Ajibola Aribisala. Aribisala’s SAN rank was suspended by the LPPC on February 26, 2013 based on two petitions of “allegations of flagrant breach of professional ethics and professional misconduct” against him. A statement by the Secretary of the LPPC and the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi, said Aribisala’s SAN rank was restored at the meeting of the committee held on Monday. The statement added that the decision to restore the lawyer’s SAN rank followed the withdrawal of the petitions against him and the consideration of the terms of settlement between parties concerned in the petitions. But the LPPC warned Aribisala to desist from the unethical acts for which his SAN rank was suspended, adding that any future breach in the future would attract stiffer sanction. The statement read, “You may all recall that on the 26th day February, 2013 the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee at its General meeting suspensed Chief A. A. Aribisala (SAN) from further use of the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria based on two petitions received by the LPPC on allegations of flagrant breach of professional ethics and professional misconduct. “On the 27th day of October, 2014 the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee at its General Meeting have decided to lift Chief A.A Aribisala’s suspension, after consideration of all material facts (Notices of withdrawal/discontinuance and subsequent letter of withdrawal of petition and terms of settlement). “Pursuant to the committee’s decision, Chief Aribisala is hereby restored to the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria with effect from the 27th day of October, 2014. “Futhermore, the committee hereby declares that any future act by Chief Aribisala that runs foul of paragraph 22 of the LPPC rules shall attract a stiffer sanction.” Part of the allegations against Aribisala was that the charges for certain legal services he rendered to Fidelity Bank were excessive and in breach of Rules of Professional Conduct in Legal Profession.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:50:40 +0000
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