In The Matter Of An Application By W.P.A. Wickeremesinghe To Be Restored To The Roll Of Proctors.

1945 Present: Keuneman, Jayetileke and Rose JJ.

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY W. P. A. WICKREMESINGHE
TO BE RESTORED TO THE ROLL OF PROCTORS

Proctor-Application for restoration to Roll-Notice of application-Period of repentance must be sufficiently long-Courts Ordinance, s. 16.

In Ceylon the restoration of a proctor to the Roll, after his name has been removed from the Roll, cannot be regarded as an admission and enrolment of the Proctor under section 16 of the Courts Ordinance and the second schedule to that Ordinance has no application to such restoration.

Before such restoration the Court must be satisfied that the effort of the petitioner to live a decent and respectable life has been continued over a period sufficient to make it say with confidence that he can be safely entrusted with the affairs of clients and admitted to an honourable profession, without that profession suffering degradation.

Further, reparation must be made by the petitioner in a spirit of contrition and repentance.

THIS was an application for the restoration of a Proctor to the

Click Here to Read the rest of this document