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Solicitor who misled tribunals on Ugandan law is struck off
20 January 2021
Kampala, Uganda: Solicitor gave misleading information about local law
A solicitor who misled the First-tier and Upper Tribunals in immigration cases about anti-gay legislation in Uganda has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).
However, the SDT was highly critical of the costs claimed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the case, which were slashed from over £42,000 to £15,000.
Peter Collins Maku-Kemi told the tribunals that an anti-homosexual ‘reporting offence’, proposed in a bill by the government of Uganda but later dropped, had been enacted into law.