The appellant lawyer appealed a decision of the Law Society Appeal Panel, which upheld a Hearing Panel's penalty permitting her to surrender her licence, failing which it would be revoked.
The appellant argued the penalty was unreasonable and the Hearing Panel failed to provide adequate reasons.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding the penalty reasonable given the appellant's 43 particulars of professional misconduct, lack of insight, and psychiatric evidence indicating a notoriously difficult-to-treat personality disorder.
The court also held the Hearing Panel's reasons were adequate and permitted meaningful review.
