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Ex-Hogan Lovells partner jailed for three years over £1.27m fraud

A most bizarre case. He clearly was a very talented lawyer so this all looks a bit tragic, my thoughts are with his poor family. It seems his sense of honesty was lost in the vain pursuit of an unrequited love that turned out to be very expensive. If this mysterious Lebanese woman needed half a million each year to be wooed clearly the suitor wasn't very suitable. Is he married? Ugh. Mortifyingly desperate. Previous comparisons to theft crimes during the London riots are idiotic. That situation was totally different and occurred with a bundle of other crimes such as assault, battery and criminal damage. But, lawyers are in a fiduciary relationship with their clients, creating greater obligations and a more pressing need for honesty than the average person. I would have given him a longer sentence.

30-May-2012

3:36 pm