About this seminar
It is not in doubt that the procurement of legal services by the public sector and the remuneration of advocates thus procured has been the subject of much formal and informal discourse. But critical legal, ethical and policy issues on that important subject refuse to go away, and constantly appear to defy resolution, if a review of the jurisprudence from the courts and an increasing concern about the correct interpretation of the effect of section 45(2) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act on failing to comply with public finance management and public procurement procedures on such procurements and remuneration is anything to go by.
Whether it is the choice of the procurement method, the procurement process itself, the development of specifications, the evaluation of bids, actual or perceived undercutting arising from service level agreements, the limits of the advocates lien and its recognised potential to damage a client’s cause, the fairness of remuneration, the procedure on recovery of fees or the powers and discretion of the taxing officer, the jury is still out on many aspects of those issues carefully identified and selected for discussion in this course.
This two-day seminar provides a much-needed opportunity for further discourse on those issues by key stakeholders in the process. Led by Messrs Charles BG Ouma and Mwaniki Gachuba, a panel of acknowledged academics and practitioners spearhead a robust exploration and discussion of emerging trends patterns and themes with a view to settling or at least clarifying the debate on some of the issues of interest to clients and service providers alike. Representatives of key watchdog institutions such as the Law Society of Kenya, the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal, the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission shed much-needed light on the compliance issues arising and the consequences of non-compliance