In response to the long-running Lawyer X saga, the state government has put a log on the tracks in front of the gravy train. But there will be a few more meals in this dead elephant yet.
The case of disgraced barrister Nicola Gobbo is to lawyers what a dead elephant is to hyenas. Even after it starts to smell, you can’t help coming back for a little bit more.
She did it enthusiastically and repeatedly, then when the worst secret in town became public, she played the victim, and in 2010 was paid nearly $3 million in compensation. Not satisfied, she has launched legal action demanding $30 million more, with her case due in court next month. In many of these cases, the person jailed had pleaded guilty; when they go to court to argue their conviction should be quashed, it is not a case of whether they did it but whether police played dirty pool to nick them.So when they want millions in compensation, it is a little like escaping from prison and complaining there isn’t a government-chauffeured limousine, with chilled spring water and tasty canapes, waiting to take you to the airport.
Or perhaps it was more like Forrest Gump, a decent but thoroughly misunderstood bloke who is easily manipulated.In his evidence, Mokbel didn’t address how, as a former suburban pizza shop owner, he established a network that grew to $400 million.
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