The General Legal Council (GLC) has barred prominent Human Rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu from practicing as a lawyer for three (3) years.
The decision to suspend Mr. Sosu was reached Thursday, June 1, 2017, after the Council found him guilty of professional misconduct contrary to the code regulating legal practice in the country.
Details regarding the specific offence committed by the famous lawyer are scanty but a source told myjoyonline.com, one of his clients, Francis Agyare filed a complaint at the Council accusing Mr. Sosu and his law firm F-X Law & Associates of attempting to swindle him.
The lawyer represented him in a compensation claim after the release of the complainant from jail after he was unlawfully detained for 14 years without trial. A Human Rights Court in 2014, awarded GH¢200,000 damages to the 46 year old Agyare.
The source said the GLC handed the legal practitioner one (1) year suspension after it found Mr. Sosu guilty of the charge. The Council is yet yet to issue an official release on this case.
Meanwhile, the source said the Council also reached a decision to ban the lawyer for another 3 years for advertising himself on social media in respect of his recent cases involving Patrick Reynolds who was paralyzed by a fallen billboard at flower pot believed to belong to M. DEX Advertising Company, and his human rights action against the Attorney General, Chief of Defence Staff and another.
It is not clear if Mr. Sosu will serve both punishments separately or they will run concurrently.
Mr. Sosu contested the parliamentary primaries at Madina Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2016 elections.
He lost the contest to incumbent Amadu Sorogho who eventually lost the seat to the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Boniface Abubakar Saddique on December 7.
Some of the prominent human rights cases Mr. Sosu has been involved in include but not limited to then release of Charles Antwi the famous 'presidential gun man', Eric Asante who served 15years in prison and representing the Mawarko pepper victim.
Mr. Sosu' law firm is involved in several very sensitive litigations and human rights advocacy.
Mr. Sosu with Charles Antwi who was cuaght possesing a weapon at a church where then President John Mahama and family worships.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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The story has pieces missing. It is not evident how he defrauded the guy from the story.He represented someone who was wrongly incarcerated and subsequently awarded $200,000. And then..??? Was the money paid to the lawyer who failed to hand it over to the complainant or what?
Pls let us stop saying all sorts of things about this young man like that. In Ghana when u face a problem ,u see people from no where come out to say things they have never said publicly about that person to discredit the more. All those who claim to be angels should go ahead to say bad things about people. This is the time for us to think about d good things that this young has also done
I agree 100% with you. He is very greedy and wicked Does not care how he defraud people. God is truly a God of Justice. I know someone who is a victim of his greediness. He was pretending to be helping them but was the same person who connived with others to defraud these people.
I'm truly glad that justice has finally been served to this youngman. Try speaking to workers of FC Law and Associates (2012, 2013 especially)...only then would you understand why I'm so delighted at this piece of news. In my opinion, 3 years isn't even enough; his license ought to be revoked! Francis is an intelligent youngman driven by greed and the insatiable need to accumulate wealth by any means necessary. Sadly, he doesn't care how badly he tramples on othes in his quest to remain at the top. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. I only wish others who have endured so much cruelty from him, would grab this opportunity to unveil the real face behind the mask. For someone who claims to have humble beginnings and only made it this far due to the generosity of others, its sad to see and experience what he truly is; nothing but a far cry from kindness, humilty and sympathy to the plight of others. Saddest part is, he is a christian and actually a preacher of the word, but he has no God in him.