Ex-Hogan Lovells partner struck off for £1.27m fraud
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Former Hogan Lovells partner Christopher Grierson has been struck off the solicitors’ roll, after pleading guilty earlier this year to defrauding the firm of £1.27m.
Grierson was struck off by the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) yesterday (31 October) and ordered to pay costs of £14,000. He did not attend the hearing.
In May he was jailed for three years (30 May 2012) after pleading guilty to the expenses fraud first uncovered in 2011 (17 May 2011).
Grierson falsified his travel expenses over three years, with the fraud beginning in 2008. Once Hogan Lovells discovered the missing funds, it dismissed him from the partnership and, several weeks later, referred him to the Metropolitan Police (3 June 2011).
Earlier this year the SDT struck off former Ince & Co partner Andrew Iyer after he admitted stealing £3m from clients (7 February 2012).
Readers' comments (4)
Anonymous | 1-Nov-2012 7:00 pm
It's a shame the profession is blighted with these parasites.
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bleedinobvious | 2-Nov-2012 12:38 pm
Anonymous@7:00pm
That comment will surely cut him like a knife, what with him being in prison and all.
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Jason | 4-Nov-2012 1:41 pm
i don't know christopher grierson but i've acted for other solicitor and accountant clients prosecuted for the same kinds of offences. For what its worth i think its a shame. I think the coverage and the obvious impact on his personal life and professional reputation are sufficent punishment. Throwing rotten fruit at someone via the lawyer comment section is a little callous. Plus he's been sent to prison. Despite what people may think an older first offender can find the environment difficult to adapt to. Even in Cat' C prisons there is a culture of drug taking and some casual violence which is a bit of an eye-opener.
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Anonymous | 5-Nov-2012 1:08 pm
>> Even in Cat' C prisons there is a culture of drug taking and some casual violence which is a bit of an eye-opener <<
Umm, so maybe he should have thought about that before nicking over £1million?
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