Download - Ex Parte Ilana Orren
-
8/8/2019 Ex Parte Ilana Orren
1/4
Page 1
CASE NO.: A 298/2010
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NAMIBIA
In the Ex-parte application of
ILANA AGNES ORREN APPLICANT
CORAM: Botes, AJ.
HEARD ON: 26 November 2010
DELIVERED ON: 3 December 2010
JUDGMENT
BOTES, AJ.:
[1] The applicant in this application seeks her admission as a legal practitioner of
this Court. The application is not formally opposed, but the Director of the Law
Society of Namibia, having been so directed by the Council of the Law Society of
Namibia, filed an affidavit in which she attested to certain facts surrounding an
incident which resulted therein that applicant was convicted of a contravention of the
Arms and Ammunition Act, Act No. 7 of 1996, and more specifically the offence of
the unlawful possession of a firearm.
-
8/8/2019 Ex Parte Ilana Orren
2/4
-
8/8/2019 Ex Parte Ilana Orren
3/4
Page 3
either to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the applicant or to consider
proceedings for the cancellation of his articles or to oppose this application, it is not
for the court to take the matter any further. In my opinion the court must be guided
by the view of the Law Society.
[8] In this matter the Law Society has decided to take the matter further and to lay a
complaint with the disciplinary committee of the Law Society. This inquiry is still
pending and has not been finalised yet. The applicant however is also entitled to get
closure on this chapter in her life as soon as possible and to know whether she will
be allowed to fulfil her dream and to practice as a legal practitioner of this court.
[9] In all the circumstances and for the reasons referred to hereinbefore, I am of the
opinion that it is in the best interest of all parties if the following order is made:
1. The application for admission is postponed to the 1st April 2011.
2. The disciplinary committee of the Law Society of Namibia is directed to finalise
the disciplinary proceedings, if any, in respect of the complaint laid by the Law
Society against the applicant on or before the 19 th of March 2011 and to
immediately thereafter forward to the registrar of this Court a copy of the record
of the disciplinary proceedings so held, as well as the sanction imposed on
applicant, if any.
3. The order of this Court is to be served on the Secretary of the Disciplinary
Committee of the Law Society of Namibia, as well as the Director of the Law
Society of Namibia by the deputy sheriff for the district of Windhoek.
_______________
BOTES, AJ
-
8/8/2019 Ex Parte Ilana Orren
4/4
Page 4
APPEARANCE FOR THE PARTIES:
COUNSEL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT MR G H Oosthuizen
INSTRUCTED BY: Sauls Metcalfe Legal Practitioners