Lawyer's Xmas party behaviour 'appalling and uncouth'

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03/27/2025 09:40 PM

The lawyer made lewd comments about his colleagues and tried to grab a colleague's penis. Photo: Getty Images By Jeremy Wilkinson, Open Justice multimedia journalist A senior lawyer who grabbed a junior colleague's penis while drunk at a Christmas party and made multiple lewd comments has been described as "deplorable" by a tribunal.

Lawyer's Xmas party behaviour 'appalling and uncouth'

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