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Disbarment of lawyer upheld; recusal request rejected

ATA/388/1997Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa24 giu 1997Dismissed

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The Tribunal administratif confirmed the disciplinary disbarment of a lawyer who had repeatedly and seriously breached professional duties, notably by pursuing personal enrichment at the expense of vulnerable clients and by using procedural maneuvers to obstruct the investigation. It also rejected his request to recuse five judges. The court held that the formal defect in the filing of the recusal request could be cured, but the appellant had failed to raise the issue in limine litis and had not alleged specific facts capable of demonstrating judicial bias.

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Art. 8 aLPAV; Art. 15 al. 1 LPA: disciplinary disbarment and recusal of judges; a lawyer may be struck from the roll where he commits gross and repeated breaches of professional duties, notably conduct aimed at personal enrichment to the detriment of vulnerable clients and deliberate obstruction of disciplinary fact-finding. Recusal requires timely invocation in limine litis and concrete, specific grounds capable of objectively establishing appearance of bias; mere allegations, procedural irritation, or general criticism of the court are insufficient. A formal irregularity in the filing of a recusal request may be curable, but it does not dispense with the duty to assert substantiated grounds for prevention.

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Descripteurs

AVOCAT; AGISSEMENT PROFESSIONNEL INCORRECT; MANDAT; ACTE DE DEFAUT DE BIENS; TEMOIN; EXECUTION DE L'OBLIGATION; REVOCATION DISCIPLINAIRE; SECRET PROFESSIONNEL; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; RECUSATION; COMPOSITION DE L'AUTORITE; JUGE

Normes

aLPAV.8; LPA.15 al.1

Résumé

Le TA a confirmé la décision de destituer un avocat pour violations grossières et répétées des règles qui gouvernent l'exercice de la profession d'avocat, plus précisément pour avoir agi dans un dessein d'enrichissement personnel au détriment de clients fragilisés par des sinistres ou des atteintes à leur santé, pour avoir tenté de masquer ses errements par des manoeuvres dilatoires; pour avoir enfin usé de tous les artifices procéduraux pour empêcher l'instruction des faits qui lui sont reprochés. Recevabilité d'une demande de récusation non adressée au président de la juridiction (irrégularité formelle réparable; 98 LOJ). Rejet de cette demande, faute de griefs précis à l'encontre des cinq juges concernés et faute d'avoir invoqué ce moyen in liminie litis. Seules des erreurs de procédure particulièrement graves ou répétées, constitutives de violations des devoirs du magistrat, peuvent conduire à admettre une prévention de sa part, ce que ne démontre pas le recourant dans le cas d'espèce.

Parole chiave

disciplinary sanctiondisbarmentlawyerrecusalbiasprofessional misconductvulnerable clientsprocedural abuseadministrative procedure

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the disciplinary disbarment of the lawyer should be upheld for serious and repeated breaches of professional duties.

Decisione estratta

The disbarment was upheld because the lawyer had repeatedly and seriously violated the rules governing the profession, acted for self-enrichment to the detriment of vulnerable clients, and used dilatory tactics to conceal his misconduct and obstruct fact-finding.

Motivazione estratta

The court accepted that the conduct described amounted to grave and repeated professional breaches justifying the most severe disciplinary sanction.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the request for recusal of five judges was admissible and well-founded.

Decisione estratta

The recusal request was rejected. Although the request had not been addressed to the president of the court, the formal defect was curable; however, the appellant failed to raise the objection in limine litis and did not put forward specific grounds showing bias.

Motivazione estratta

A judge's prevention can be accepted only in cases of particularly serious or repeated procedural violations amounting to breach of judicial duties, which was not demonstrated here.

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