Lesotho: Law Society Case Postponed

The case in which the Law Society of Lesotho seeks to block Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, from removing Kananelo Mosito as Court of Appeal president failed to be heard in the High Court on Tuesday after an urgent application by Attorney General Advocate Haae Phoofolo King's Counsel and Acting Chief Justice 'Maseforo Mahase, seeking recusal of all local judges from the case.

Justice Mahase is cited as one of the respondents in the Law Society's application. The lawyers' body successfully sought her recusal from hearing the matter in July this year in the Court of Appeal.

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