[1] This is an application by the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, for an order suspending the respondent, an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, immediately from the roll of attorneys; and for the respondent to immediately surrender and deliver to the registrar of this court her certificate of enrolment as attornery of this court; and for other ancillary orders.

[2] The applicant is a regulatory authority governing the attorney’s profession within the four provinces of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and a portion of the North West Provinces incorporated in terms of s 56 of the Attorneys Act 53 of 1979 (the Act).

[3] The applicant has locus standi to bring the application.

[4] The respondent Annelie Thirion, was admitted and enrolled as an attorney of this court on 28 October 2008. Her name is still so enrolled but at the time of the hearing of this application she had already ceased to practice as an attorney. She previously practiced as a sole practitioner under the style Thirion Attorneys.

[5] The basis of this application is that the respondent is not a fit and proper person to continue to practice.