Court orders Cape lawyer to be struck off roll
By Mwangi Githahu
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Cape Town – The South African Legal Practice Council has won a Western Cape High Court judgment to have lawyer Kerith Chetty struck off the roll for unlawfully spending money she held in trust on behalf of various trust creditors pertaining to property transactions.
In March 2018, then Western Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai, now retired, ordered an investigation into the conduct of the Claremont-based attorney following a questionable housing deal in Mitchells Plain.
At the time, Chetty, from KC and Associates, appeared before Judge Desai following an urgent application by Thaabied Noordien demanding Chetty repay a R200 000 deposit he had paid in December 2017 for a house in Mitchells Plain.