Law Society Faces Constitutional Challenge Over NGO Lawyers and Access to Justice

Maseru — A major constitutional confrontation has landed before the High Court of Lesotho, placing the Law Society of Lesotho, the Minister of Justice and Law, and the Attorney General under scrutiny over decisions that human-rights organisations argue threaten access to justice for the country’s poorest and most marginalised communities. In an application filed under Constitutional Case No. 0030/2025, three applicants — Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust Lesotho (WLSA Lesotho), Advocate Bataung Ntoko, and Seinoli Legal Centre — are…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...