Lawyer Fraudulently Obtained Certificate of Conversion
He needed to write the required exams and get a certificate of conversion with the Council for Legal Education so he could practise in Zimbabwe.
Lawyer Fraudulently Obtained Certificate of Conversion
A LAWYER has appeared in court for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a certificate of conversions for his foreign degree in order to practice in Zimbabwe although he had passed only two of the eight modules he was required to write to be allowed to practise.
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The complainant is the State, represented by Mr Joe Zimba, who is the finance and administration manager for the Council for Legal Education.
Elijah Kudzai Mbiriri, who is represented by Mr Progress Maringamoyo, is employed by Kajokoto and Company as a legal assistant.
He appeared in court yesterday facing fraud charges before regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa and was remanded out of custody to December 14.
In 2017, Mbiriri graduated from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, with a Bachelor of Law degree.
Lawyer Fraudulently Obtained Certificate of Conversion
As with all lawyers who graduate with a law degree from a university outside Zimbabwe, he needed to write the required examinations and be granted a certificate of conversion with the Council for Legal Education before he could practise in Zimbabwe.
This is common around the world as even a well-trained lawyer needs to be able to convert from the system taught at the university they attended to the system and particular laws in their own country.
