A lawyer, Hassan Ebrahim Kajee, who defrauded the state attorney out of more than R34m, has been disbarred.
Ruling to strike him from the roll of advocates on Tuesday, the Johannesburg high court said the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, who brought the application, did so in the interests of the court, the profession and the public.
Kajee allegedly billed for more than 24 hours a day and for work on different matters simultaneously. During proceedings, the court heard the R34,211,875.00 charged to the state attorney equalled R66,950.83 every day for 511 days. Makume and Wepener said the payment of R34m to him by the office of the state attorney resulted from a corrupt relationship between him and the state attorney's office.“We are satisfied the offending conduct of dishonesty and overreaching, coupled with settling matters without a client's mandate, have been proved in a balance of probabilities and this on its own makes the respondent an unfit person to continue to practice as an advocate of this court.
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