An investigation by the BBC - BBC Scotland Investigates: Lawyers Behaving Badly - found that there are 33 lawyers who work for law firms which are on the government list to receive Legal Aid for client work. In one case, a solicitor had been found guilty of assault and domestic abuse. In another a lawyer had a conviction for embezzlement in relation to court fines.
Moot question
Speaking of a profession having some bad apples, Professor Julian Webb of the Warwick School of Law said: 'Whether the structures are sufficiently robust to capture or catch those bad apples and catch them early enough, I think certainly in the Scottish examples, is a really moot question.' Source: BBC
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