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That's very gratifying. In our case, the judge thought that the loss of professional reputation and being struck off was a heavy punishment in itself

The court case was 1993. Amazingly, I (and several other victims) weren't called to give evidence. The police were convinced that he'd get several years in chokey and were amazed/hopping mad that he got off relatively lightly.

Yes, I did. A guy who spent company money on high-class hookers. He was, at least, taking money that partly belonged to him. It caused me no end of grief - and caused the company to fold - but it didn't compare with the betrayal from the solicitor. In an 18-month period I had my company taken...

As mentioned above, my sister and I were compensated by The Law Society: the betrayal hurt more than the money

He was struck off as a solicitor but I found out that he was still working in a legal practice as a 'consultant' - it seems that as long as he wasn't calling himself a lawyer, that was all right. He got an 18-month suspended sentence, the copper who was liaising with us was absolutely furious...

My father's best mate was someone who always seemed to treat life lightly. He was a successful solicitor and one of those people who always seemed to have a joke to tell. I got to know him reasonably well as I used to sit with my dad and his mates at the cricket. When my dad died, he was the...