Lawyers' Robe: rules governing usage highlighted by Cameroon Bar Association

The President of the Cameroon Bar Association, Barrister Tchakoute Patie Charles, has reminded lawyers in Cameroon to use their robes with dignity in line with the canons of the profession.

In a statement issued on 18th October 2019, he strongly condemned the attitude of his colleagues who visited the leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement CRM in their robes.

To him the visit in their robes to the political Leader, who was recently released from prison by presidential decision, raises a lot of controversy and reactions.

Social networks carried a photo of some 20 lawyers in black court robes in the private home of the presidential candidate 2018, Pr. Maurice Kamto.

In a response to the comments the spokesman of Maurice Kamto, posted on Facebook on 18th October 2019, that the group of lawyers are those ensuring his defence, that of his allies.

Tchakoute Patie Charles lamented the publication of the “souvenir photo in black robes” stating that, The Cameroon Bar is not a political party”.

He specified that lawyers should only put on their professional costume during court sessions occasions or during official ceremonies. He said though lawyers have the right to belong to political parties, the lawyer’s dress may be worn within individual homes only after a special authorization from the president.

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