News24 Legal journalist Karyn Maughan reflects on the Johannesburg Society of Advocates findings against advocate Dali Mpofu.
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Joburg bar rules Mpofu is guilty of professional misconduct after telling fellow advocate Michelle le Roux to 'shut up'
“I think it’s ridiculous and I’m going to appeal,” Mpofu told Business Day, saying he was meeting his team on Wednesday morning and would not be sending a proposed sanction to the JSA, a professional body... A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily. Advocate Dali Mpofu will not be proposing his own penalty for telling a fellow lawyer to “shut up” at the state capture inquiry last year, after the Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA) found he had breached a lawyers’ ethics code and gave him until Friday to suggest a sanction.
The Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA) has found advocate Dali Mpofu guilty of an ethical violation for telling advocate Michelle le Roux to shut up ...
you used intemperate language vis-à-vis Le Roux SC by telling her to shut up, whether directly or indirectly”. Such conduct by Mr Mpofu is unacceptable. The Pretoria Society of Advocates called on the GCB “to recall Mpofu SC” and issue a statement distancing itself from Mpofu’s actions during the chief justice interviews, which it deemed “unacceptable”.
The advocates' society has invited him to respond within five days on what an appropriate penalty would be.