'The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found that a conviction of attempted murder on the part of a solicitor amounted to serious misconduct' (see [2004] Gazette, 30 September, 41).


I'm rather puzzled by this - does it mean that the SDT would consider such behaviour rather less blameworthy had the perpetrator been, say, an accountant?



Or, conversely, was the argument before the SDT that solicitors, but not others, might be excused such behaviour?



Even more baffling, the report suggests that a previous conviction for murder had been disregarded, leaving the impression that had the attempt succeeded the finding may have been different.



Philip Ambrose, Surrey County Council, Kingston-upon-Thames