Activist seeks to open legal practice to laymen, raids advocates pockets

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You may opt to hire a layman or a non-qualified person to represent you or draft those documents or agreements in that commercial, family, or civil dispute if the High Court agrees with activist Isaac Alouchier’s case.

In his bid to turn up the legal practice on its legs, Alouchier argues that Sections 31 to 37 of the Advocates Act are illegal because they criminalise legal practice and dispute resolution services by non-advocates.