A legal battle between prominent local defence lawyer Sisa Namandje, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Law Society of Namibia (LSN) is expected to start in the High Court in Windhoek on Thursday. Court documents availed to NAMPA on Tuesday indicate that it is being investigated whether his law firm - Sisa Namandje Co - was used by certain individuals for illicit payments linked to the much-publicised Fishrot corruption scandal. The corruption scandal involves a group of six men, including two former Cabinet ministers, who were arrested by the police in November last year for allegedly receiving bribes amounting to more than N$150 million in return for giving preferential access to Namibia’s fishing grounds to Samherji, one of Iceland’s largest fishing companies. In the expected legal showdown, Namandje is mainly fighting both the Law Society and the ACC in an attempt to clear his name over the accusations regarding his role in the Fishrot corruption scandal. According to court papers, both the Law Society of Namibia and the ACC want the lawyer to open up his books for their ongoing investigations, but he is allegedly not cooperating with the two bodies. It is reported that Namandje has now sought the assistance of top South African senior counsels - Francois van Zyl and Craig Webster - as well as local Advocate Raymond Heathcote for the legal battle.