Attorney-General of the Gambia v N’Jie

Subject Matter

BARRISTER — Discipline — Disciplinary power of judge — Exercise by deputy — Whether a judicial power — Gambia

[1961] AC 617; [1961] 2 WLR 845

PRIVY COUNCIL — West africa — Gambia — Appeal to Privy Council — Competency — Locus standi of Attorney-General — “Person aggrieved” — West African (Appeal to Privy Council) Order in Council, 1949, s 31

[1961] AC 617; [1961] 2 WLR 845

LEGAL PRACTITIONER — West africa — Gambia — Legal practitioner — Professional misconduct — Disciplinary power of deputy judge to suspend or strike off — Judicial power — Supreme Court Ordinance (Laws of the Gambia, 1955, c 5), s 7 — Rules of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, 1928, Ord IX, r 7

[1961] AC 617; [1961] 2 WLR 845