Read the full judgment text of FACV 000015/2003 on BabelCite. This FACV judgment was delivered on 16 September 2004.
1. The proper conduct of litigation by the legal profession is essential to the administration of justice. This appeal concerns the position of solicitors. They are officers of the court and owe duties to the court in the conduct of proceedings. The court has an inherent jurisdiction to supervise their conduct and to impose sanctions where the solicitor concerned has acted in breach of his duties to the court. The sanctions include ordering the solicitor concerned to be personally liable for
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