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This is a sad and shocking case. In saving £650 he lost his career. What is slightly more shocking is that many people below, some of whom are Solicitors, are too dense to pick up on the difference between a “mistake” (which this case definitely did not involve) and “dishonesty” which it clearly did.

One poster even gave a raft of one off examples of “taking advantage” in his hysterical reply.

If you were a client and your solicitor was daily stealing money from the train company (for that’s what fare evasion is) would you question whether your money was safe with him?

Surely, the real issue is that if this guy felt jammy taking something for nothing, even though it’s a crime and theft, so early on; what are the chances that when the opportunity presents itself (or if he’s in dire need) he won’t lie to the court or give false evidence or deceive a client or steal something more significant. Let’s be honest, these are just the same thing at a higher degree.

Stealing is like cheating; only those that do it pretend there’s a sliding scale. I don’t think there is.

That does not mean that I don’t feel sorry for this guy or that the SRA should keep him out forever. I think in a few years time providing that he’s kept out of trouble, he should be given the chance to be re-admitted.

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