Read the full judgment text of FAMC 35/2005 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 4 October 2005.
1. The applicant, a practising solicitor, was convicted in the District Court of conspiring to defraud a company of which he was the legal adviser. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Court of Appeal. And he now seeks leave to appeal against conviction and sentence to the Court of Final Appeal on the “substantial and grave injustice” limb of s.32(2) of the Court’s statute. His counsel has taken care to see that everything that can po