Swearing attorney in hot water again

Attorney Darren Sampson – who made headlines two years ago when he swore 16 times at a judge during virtual court proceedings – has now again hurled insults at another judge. According to a Cape Times report, he shouted ‘fuck off’, before he stormed away. Sampson had tongues wagging in 2020 when he repeatedly swore at Judge Tasneem Moosa during virtual proceedings. Sampson subsequently apologised to that judge and at the time said that he has severe anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. After that incident, the Legal Practice Council (LPC) said it was launching an application to have him either struck from the roll of attorneys or suspended from the attorneys’ profession. It is not known what happened in the meantime regarding that application. But it now emerged that Samson had another outburst in a different case before the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg). Judge Rean Strydom in this recent incident also asked the LPC to take action against Sampson.