<h2 class="ql-align-center"> RULING </h2><p> </p><p><strong>ADJEI, J.</strong></p><p>The Applicant filed this application under order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I.47) praying for an </p><blockquote>“(a) An Order of Certiorari directed to the General Legal Council for the purpose of quashing its ruling dated 15th June, 2015 </blockquote><blockquote>(b) An order of mandamus directed to the General Legal Council to restore his name to the roll of lawyers and </blockquote><blockquote>(c) A declaration that Section 16 A of the Legal Profession Act 1960, (Act 32) is inconsistent and incompatible with the provisions of  the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 which is the Supreme Law of Ghana”. </blockquote><p>The facts of the Applicant’s case were that his name was struck out from the roll of lawyers by the Law Society of Upper Canada which he was a member. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar to practice law in Ontario Bar to practice law in Ontario, Canada in 1999. By virtue of being a lawyer in Canada, the applicant had the opportunity to do Post Call Law Course in Ghana after which he was admitte…</p>