Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:31:36 +0000 By NATION REPORTER GOVERNMENT has been asked to intervene in the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) crisis to forestall its break up due to competing professional and political tensions that have arisen. The summoning of three prominent lawyers who have been critical of LAZ position has been described as the last straw which may see the crumbling of the organization. A senior lawyer said the overbearing influence of external interests had pushed the association to unprecedented levels of disrepute and internal antagonism to the extent of negating the vital role of the core functions. Speaking in confidence to the Daily Nation the lawyer said that the association as a creature of statute had a very clear role to serve in preserving the rule of law. “But of late the Association has become embroiled in partisan politics by association and sadly through definitive actions that leave little room […]
