As a lawyer, I am often tempted to do the wrong thing. It is a very desirable thing to win. But I have never felt tempted to forge a judge’s signature. It is thought that a lawyer in the Office of Public Prosecutions did exactly that. He is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, misconduct in a public office, and making a false document.
See also:
- NSW Court of Appeal on difference between ‘professional misconduct’ and ‘unsatisfactory professional conduct’
- More on confidentiality and disciplinary hearings
- Summary judgment in a disciplinary prosecution?
- Supreme Court enjoins Legal Practice Board’s solicitors from continuing to act
- Bills of costs must be signed by principals or employees: what does that mean?
