Presiding at the annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society on Wednesday, Mr. R. A. Pinsent referred to the recent conviction of R. H. Milward, for the misappropriation of trust money. He expressed regret that a prominent member of the profession, and a well-known member of the committee, had brought disgrace upon himself, discredit upon the profession, and disaster upon a great number of innocent people. They all felt the humiliation to the profession, but he did not think that the relations of trust between lawyer and client had been affected by the shock. Be urged his brother lawyers to avoid the practice of scrivening, to have their own accounts audited, and to secure the insertion in wills and settlements of auditing clauses and see that they were acted upon.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948