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

This is a sad case (and I would not have said that several weeks ago when I knew less of the detail behind it all). On the face of it he is not deserving of sympathy and the sentence seems light. However, the Court will have had far more information before it than any of us do. Depressive illnesses cause a loss of inhibition and risk-taking. I suspect he always knew - as a talented lawyer - that the game would be up at some point and that part of him wanted that to happen. He is plainly ruined and a broken man. A bit of compassion wouldn't be a bad thing.

31-May-2012

12:43 pm