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LAZ clears George Kunda’s legal firm over the Kalenga complaint
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The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) Legal Practitioners’ Committee has dismissed a complaint of alleged unethical behavior brought by the Kalenga Family against George Kunda & Company and Mrs. Irene Mwezi Kunda SC in a running legal dispute over Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited.
The Committee also noted that the late Hon. Kalenga was not a shareholder in Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited, though he was a director of the company.
The Committee also noted that he was, however, the majority shareholder and Director in Zambia Modern Enterprises Limited, which in turn was a shareholder in Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited.
“The documents presented to the Committee by the complainants do not show where any of them are listed as Directors of the company,” read the Ruling.
“The Complainants state that they are Administrators of the Estate of the late Hon Kalenga, though no appointing documents were presented to the committee, neither were any documents to show that the Complainants were ever directors of Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited,” read the Ruling.
“It is therefore difficult to see how a conflict of interest arose when the practitioner represented Mr. Sadhu, who, as she said, was the only official representative of the company that she dealt with.”
Below is the Law Association of Zambia, Legal Practitioners’ Committee Ruling;
LAZ DECISION
“We are thankful to the parties for their submissions both written and oral, and have taken note of what has been presented before us.”
“Although going through the written submissions, especially from the Complainants, a lot of allegations have been made against the Practitioner, the focus of the Committee is only restricted to the allegations of conflict of interest on the part of the Practitioner.”
“These allegations are that the Practitioner found herself in a conflict position because she represented Mr. Sadhu and his family in a case where the complainants had sued the same Sadhu in court.”
“They argue that because the Practitioner’s firm represented Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited, she should not have acted for the Sadhus, their contention lies with the fact that the Practitioner’s prior representation of Sun Pharmaceuticals, a company in which the Sadhu family and the Late Hon. John Kalenga held significant interests, created a conflict-of-interest situation.”
“And that when the Administrators of the Estate of the late Hon Kalenga initiated legal proceedings against Mr. Sadhu and his family, the Practitioner should not have represented them.”
“In determining whether there exists or existed a conflict of interest on the part of the Practitioner, it is important to ascertain what the position of the parties was in Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited.”
“From the records availed to the Committee by the Complainants, and particularly the exhibit marked K6, it is noticed that the Directors of Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited were among others Mr. Sadhu and the late Hon. Kalenga.”
“The shareholders of the same company were:
“From this, the Committee noted that the late Hon. Kalenga was not a shareholder in Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited, though he was a director in the company.”
“He was, however, the majority shareholder and Director in Zambia Modern Enterprises Limited, which in turn was a shareholder in Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited.”
“The Complainants state that they are Administrators of the Estate of the late Hon Kalenga, though no appointing documents were presented to the committee, neither were any documents to show that the Complainants were ever directors of Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited.”
“The Committee noted that it is difficult to establish a nexus between the Complainants and the company called Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited. It is not in dispute that the late Hon. Kalenga was a director in the said company, but the same cannot be said about the complainants.”
“The documents presented to the Committee by the complainants do not show where any of them are listed as Directors of the company. It is, therefore, difficult to see how a conflict of interest arose when the practitioner represented Mr. Sadhu, who, as she said, was the only official representative of the company that she dealt with.”
“It is thus the conclusion of this Committee that the complaint against the practitioner has not been proved, and it is therefore dismissed.”
Foreigners grab hard earned local company by Kalenga.
Kunda earns his share from the robbery, just like that Liquidator. LAZ committee walks away with their exorbitant allowances.
Thank God that the Solicitor and Attorneys General are not involved (yet).
i heard these kalengas were working with UPnD cadres who took them to a house to sign over their company….sadhu even have the evidence… why should we allow such illegalities only because zambians committed the crime against an indian?? what is wrong is wrong and we cannot support such nonsense
After politicians, lawyers are the biggest white collar criminals. In Kitwe, a lawyer that represented a client in the execution of a writ of Fifa to recover a loan ended up buying the property that was pledged as collateral at an absurdly cheap price thereby leaving his client in debt in legal fees. The client got shocked when he discovered that his lawyer was the buyer of his property and was still following him for exorbitant legal fees. He died of depression
Followed this case….@kalengas are not truthful! There are court judgements which have not been reported in the media but on WhatsApp I’ve seen and also that same case of kidnapping and extortion…. sadly Zambia police is more than capable of executing and covering up such illegalities….what were these kalengas doing with there with the upnd cadres acting as police officers?? at least laz has seen through the lies. evil must never triumph in our Christian nation.
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