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Council
2007 / 08
At the Annual General Meeting of the Law Society of Namibia held on 22 November 2006, the Council for the 2006/2007 term was elected.
From left to right: Karel Dannhauser, Hettie Garbers-Kirsten, Retha Steinmann (Director), Esi Schimming-Chase (Vice-President), Toni Hancox, Natasha Bassingthwaighte, Charles Bodenstein (President) and Harald Geier. Absent: Clive Kavendjii. Previous Councils>>
Structure
of LSN
The Council is responsible for the proper and effective management of the LSN. A President and Vice President are elected from the mebers of the Council. The President acts as Chairman of Council meetings.
The Council is responsible for convening general meetings of the LSN members, making rules providing for procedures at general meetings and keeping proper books of account of the LSN, as well as records of LSN assets and liabilities.
The Council also exercises a number of powers set forth in the Legal Practitioner's Act, 1995, which includes prescribing certain rules and regulations appertaining to the practice of Law in Namibia.
A number of Council Committees have been established to assist the Council in the exercise of its functions. The Council Committees are respectively tasked with matters ranging from professional ethics to human rights.
For the purpose of addressing the needs an logistical constraints experienced by legal practitioners not practicing in the central region, Namibia is divided into three regions referred to as Circles. Members of the Council visit these regions once annoually to meet with those legal practitioners practicing within those particular regions.
The Directorate of the LSN is appointed by the Council and is provided for in the LSN Rules.
Financial
matters
The Accountant reports to EXCO anc Council. He is responsible for all matters relating to the finances of the LSN, including the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements.
In addition to overseeing of the financial processes nd financial soundness of the LSN, the accountant provides support services to firms by way of annual visits to firms as well as one-on-one training. He is also responsible for continuous negotiations with financial institutions on behalf of legal practitioners' firms.
The Accountant is also tasked with business development and special projects within the profession and, in doing so, is involved in negotiations, on an ongoing basis, with all role players, in and outside the profession, as well as continuous liaison with other Law Societies.
Office
location
2007 Council:Esi Schimming-Chase (President), Harald Geier (Vice President), Ndjavera Angula, Charles Bodenstein, Toni Hancox, Hettie Garbers-Kirsten, Natasha Bassingthwaighte, Clive Kavendjii, here>>