Rajendra Chaudhry removed from Fiji legal practitioners roll over misconduct

New Zealand lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry has been struck off the roll of Legal Practitioners of the High Court of Fiji.

The decision was made by the Independent Legal Services Commissioner, Justice Daniel Goundar, this morning.

Mr Chaudhry was found guilty earlier this month on two counts of professional misconduct following a Facebook post on March 9, 2018, headlined, “When 3 Judges of the Fiji Court of Appeal get it so wrong!!!!”, referring to the written judgment in Anand Kumar Singh v The Chief Registrar (ABU 058/2013).

The Chief Registrar alleged the post denigrated three Fiji Court of Appeal judges.

The court has ordered that a copy of the liability judgment and these orders be forwarded to the Law Society of New South Wales, Australia, and the New Zealand Law Society, where the respondent is also admitted, for any action those bodies deem appropriate.