Morally Bankrupt individual struggling with the other kind of bankruptcy

[vetran]

Everyone in a democracy is entitled to legal representation and this guy can clearly detach himself from what his clients have done.

Other professionals also have to learn to detach themselves, and some work in clearly life and death situations.

indeed how many train crash projects are you guilty of working on?

[AtW]

Why did anybody loan him a penny, yet alone 2 mil?

[DaveB]

Why did anybody loan him a penny, yet alone 2 mil?

They didn't. He lost a libel case in the high court, was ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation and the plaintiffs legal bills.

[eek]

They didn't. He lost a libel case in the high court, was ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation and the plaintiffs legal bills.

And the money seems to be sat in a house belonging to his "ex-"wife who initiated a divorce before the final court case which resulted in her owning outright all his assets.

I put the "ex-" in quotes because the case does seem to boil down to the individual spending an awful lot of time in the property that belongs to his ex including supervising some building work.

[northernladuk]

Everyone in a democracy is entitled to legal representation and this guy can clearly detach himself from what his clients have done.

Yep I get that but you can also get why people think pretty poorly of it.