McGee still in the news

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo

In article , "Theo Bekkers" wrote:

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo



DICK
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

In a letter from board member ... [said] it couldn't take
action because McGee's conduct in the aftermath of the accident was not of
such an "infamous nature" as to amount to unprofessional conduct.

How could McGee's conduct be any different, apart from what Theo
described above, to be of an infamous nature? Bugger the Chief
Magistrate? This creature seems to be teflon coated in his way of
slipping away from all punishments worse than a slap on the wrist with a
feather.

The news.com.au report:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...not-unprofessi
onal/story-e6frfku0-1226036049519

One of the Adelaide Now reports:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...plinary-action
-to-be-taken-against-hit-run-lawyer-eugene-mcgee/story-e6frea83-122603607
8746

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kamoylan at netspeed dot com dot au

On 11/04/2011 11:35 PM, K.A. Moylan wrote:
In article, "Theo wrote:

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo



DICK
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

In a letter from board member ... [said] it couldn't take
action because McGee's conduct in the aftermath of the accident was not of
such an "infamous nature" as to amount to unprofessional conduct.

How could McGee's conduct be any different, apart from what Theo
described above, to be of an infamous nature? Bugger the Chief
Magistrate? This creature seems to be teflon coated in his way of
slipping away from all punishments worse than a slap on the wrist with a
feather.

The news.com.au report:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...not-unprofessi
onal/story-e6frfku0-1226036049519

One of the Adelaide Now reports:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...plinary-action
-to-be-taken-against-hit-run-lawyer-eugene-mcgee/story-e6frea83-122603607
8746

He's clearly a *******, and the original sentence of $3k fine is
manifestly inadequate, but is it the role of the professional body to
make up for the inadequacy of the courts?

If he'd been an accountant, a pharmacist or a master builder, would we
expect him to be deregistered?

Moike

"Moike" wrote in message
...
On 11/04/2011 11:35 PM, K.A. Moylan wrote:
In article, "Theo wrote:

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo



DICK
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

In a letter from board member ... [said] it couldn't take
action because McGee's conduct in the aftermath of the accident was not of
such an "infamous nature" as to amount to unprofessional conduct.

How could McGee's conduct be any different, apart from what Theo
described above, to be of an infamous nature? Bugger the Chief
Magistrate? This creature seems to be teflon coated in his way of
slipping away from all punishments worse than a slap on the wrist with a
feather.

The news.com.au report:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...not-unprofessi
onal/story-e6frfku0-1226036049519

One of the Adelaide Now reports:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...plinary-action
-to-be-taken-against-hit-run-lawyer-eugene-mcgee/story-e6frea83-122603607
8746

He's clearly a *******, and the original sentence of $3k fine is manifestly inadequate,
but is it the role of the professional body to make up for the inadequacy of the courts?

If he'd been an accountant, a pharmacist or a master builder, would we expect him to be
deregistered?

Moike

Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice? Surely.

Shirley Nott.

On 12/04/2011 10:14 AM, Shirley Nott wrote:

"Moike" wrote in message
...
On 11/04/2011 11:35 PM, K.A. Moylan wrote:
In article, "Theo wrote:

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo



DICK
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

In a letter from board member ... [said] it couldn't take
action because McGee's conduct in the aftermath of the accident was
not of
such an "infamous nature" as to amount to unprofessional conduct.

How could McGee's conduct be any different, apart from what Theo
described above, to be of an infamous nature? Bugger the Chief
Magistrate? This creature seems to be teflon coated in his way of
slipping away from all punishments worse than a slap on the wrist with a
feather.

The news.com.au report:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...not-unprofessi

onal/story-e6frfku0-1226036049519

One of the Adelaide Now reports:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...plinary-action

-to-be-taken-against-hit-run-lawyer-eugene-mcgee/story-e6frea83-122603607

8746

He's clearly a *******, and the original sentence of $3k fine is
manifestly inadequate, but is it the role of the professional body to
make up for the inadequacy of the courts?

If he'd been an accountant, a pharmacist or a master builder, would we
expect him to be deregistered?

Moike

Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice? Surely.

Sounds like it.

Moike wrote:

He's clearly a *******, and the original sentence of $3k fine is
manifestly inadequate, but is it the role of the professional body to
make up for the inadequacy of the courts?

If he'd been an accountant, a pharmacist or a master builder, would we
expect him to be deregistered?

I guess you are right there. They have all sunk to being complete
disruptable arseholes these days anyway.

"Moike" wrote in message
...

On 11/04/2011 11:35 PM, K.A. Moylan wrote:
In article, "Theo wrote:

The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Theo



DICK
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

In a letter from board member ... [said] it couldn't take
action because McGee's conduct in the aftermath of the accident was not
of
such an "infamous nature" as to amount to unprofessional conduct.

How could McGee's conduct be any different, apart from what Theo
described above, to be of an infamous nature? Bugger the Chief
Magistrate? This creature seems to be teflon coated in his way of
slipping away from all punishments worse than a slap on the wrist with a
feather.

The news.com.au report:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...not-unprofessi
onal/story-e6frfku0-1226036049519

One of the Adelaide Now reports:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...plinary-action
-to-be-taken-against-hit-run-lawyer-eugene-mcgee/story-e6frea83-122603607
8746

He's clearly a *******, and the original sentence of $3k fine is
manifestly inadequate, but is it the role of the professional body to
make up for the inadequacy of the courts?

If he'd been an accountant, a pharmacist or a master builder, would we
expect him to be deregistered?

Moike

You seem to have missed the point Moike
McGee is not a pharmacist,accountant nor a master builder
McGee is a lawyer/legal practitioner and he phucked with the law/legal
system
and therefore deserves sanctioning/deregistration
Would you want the fatherless mongrel acting on your behalf in a legal
matter ?

I would expect a pharmacist who phucked with the pharmacist code of ethics
to be sanctioned and/or deregistered by his professional body
just as I would expect the accountant or master builder who phucked with
the relevant code of ethics or building code etc to be sanctioned by the
relevant supervising authority.


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On 2011-04-11, Theo Bekkers (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Ah, it was the latter part that I had been neglecting. I had
forgotten that this is how all lawyers would have behaved in the same
circumstances, and thus it can't have been construed as behaviour that
should get him kicked off the bar.

--
TimC
"The Write Many, Read Never drive. For those people that don't know
their system has a /dev/null already." -- Rik Steenwinkel, singing
the praises of 8mm Exabytes

"TimC" wrote in message
...
On 2011-04-11, Theo Bekkers (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist, ran
away, got his brother to drive him back past the accident scene,
waited to sober up, then took his lawyer with him and reported the
accident to the police. In the meantime the rider died.

I expect any other lawyer would have done the same.

Ah, it was the latter part that I had been neglecting. I had
forgotten that this is how all lawyers would have behaved in the same
circumstances, and thus it can't have been construed as behaviour that
should get him kicked off the bar.

That takes the cake!

Shirley Nott.