Barrister who deceived wife for divorce loses disbarral challenge

The High Court has rejected an appeal from a former barrister who was disbarred for knowingly serving his own divorce papers to the wrong address.

Ehi Ukiwa was found to have deliberately misstated his wife’s address to a court so someone other than his wife could sign the divorce papers, enabling him to fraudulently obtain a divorce.

Read the full article here: Law Gazette

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