Former Russell McVeagh lawyer seeks to appeal suspension

Former Russell McVeagh lawyer seeks to appeal suspension
James Gardner-Hopkins is seeking leave to go to the court of appeal. (Image: Facebook)
Victoria Young
Disgraced former lawyer James Gardner-Hopkins wants to go to the court of appeal after his suspension from practising law was increased in July of this year.  The former Russell McVeagh partner was found guilty of misconduct in 2021 for intimate non-consensual touching of four different young women employed as summer clerks at the firm. Another charge found consensual activity with a fifth young woman, who was also a summer clerk. After finding this to be serious misconduct, a lawyer’s tribunal suspended him for two ye...

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