I'm personally not sure what my full thoughts are with regard to this recent high profile case before my regulator (the Solicitors Regulation Authority / SRA) disciplinary body.
My profession has a 'zero tolerance' threshold for any actions involving dishonesty (e.g. forge a travel pass / ticket = Never work again).
https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/04/solicitor-struck-off-after-losing-work-briefcase-launches-appeal-crowdfunder/
Mainly, my thoughts turn upon the memory of the experience of my generation of 'Articled Clerks' (now called 'Trainee Solicitors'), and (in particular) my (then) good (if sadly, now -rather distant friend) who is a very senior partner within one of the largest provincial firms in England.
After, a hard week 'W' and the rest of us were enjoying Friday night drinks with the voice artists and technical crew who made 'Spitting Image' in the TV studios 'around the corner' (Yep - This memory is from that long ago).
Unfortunately, 'W' forget to take away from the pub - his parental recently purchased briefcase (containing a number of client files he wanted to look at over the weekend.
This was an era pre-the Good Friday Agreement, and the IRA still had active service units on the British mainland.
The pub upon discovering the 'abandoned briefcase' called the bomb squad (after closing time), and we all 'laughed like drains' as 'W' walked into work on Monday morning with a huge clear plastic bag full of charred bits of paper and assorted related debris.
We weren't laughing for long > when we were all charged with sticking the bits of paper back together with 'sticky-back plastic' > This was an era before email and digital records (and it took two dozen of us the best part of a week)!
Memories . . .
@DanRJohnson
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