Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:23:29 +0000 The Lusaka High Court has cautioned government legal counsels against dictating terms of their availability for court proceedings to commence. High Court Judge Evans Hamaundu said it was not for the Attorney General to decide when he would be available for Court proceedings but for the court to decide when the case would be held. This was in the case where the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has sued the Attorney General Mumba Malila who is chief government legal adviser over the alleged illegalities in the Public Order Act but the case failed to take off because the Attorney General’s office was not ready. Attorney General Mumba Malila’s office represented by SM Wanjelani requested for an adjournment because they had not finished preparing documentation for the case. Ms Wanjelani justified the delay for the case to proceed because the Attorney General received documents on the matter late and was […]
