GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12598

PURSUANT to section 53 (9) of the Advocates Act and Rule 12 | a joer to he peri al4i (1) of the Advocates (Complaints Commission) Rules, 1991, it is st April, une, notified for general information that from Ist July, 2022 to 30th Previous quarters : September, 2022, the Commission received a total of two hundred and 2 | Complaints received between Ist July, 2022 210 ten (210) new complaints and submitted them for enquiry under the Preliminary Enquiry initiative. The current status of the above new complaints is as shown below: and 30th September, 2022 TOTAL COMPLAINTS FOR THE PERIOD 4351 UNDER REVIEW S/No. | Status |__| Rejected Nil 2 | Undergoing Preliminary Enquiry and therefore carried over to the next quarter 210 The total number of complaints carried over to the period under review (that is Ist July, 2022 to 30th September, 2022) from previous quarters are four thousand one hundred and forty-one. (4141). During the period under review, a total of fifty-eight (58) complaints were classified and files opened. The nature of new complaints classified is as shown below: S/No. | Nature of Complaints No. of Complaints 1 Failure to render professional 18 services Withholding funds Failure to account Failure to inform Practicing without valid certificate Overcharging client SAAS win Issuing dishonoured cheque BS fm] Hfelr] a2 TOTAL Complaints filed against advocates/firms of advocates were disposed of in the following manner during the period under review: (i) Preliminary Enquiry (PE) Complaints: Total number of complaints closed under the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) Initiative were two hundred and ninety-two (292). (ii) Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were forty-nine (49) whose details are as follows: 3 | Files disposed of during the period under 356 review TOTAL PENDING COMPLAINTS AS AT 30TH 3995 SEPTEMBER, 2022 Dated the 4th October, 2022. GEORGE NYAKUNDI, Secretary, Advocates Complaints Commission.