What so many people couldn't wait to see a lawyer or doctor fall from grace ?
Only the two of them knew what the events leading up to the house visit. The disciplinary tribunal remarked that : "The reason he gave for visiting her home was 'implausible and unlikely', given that the job of assessing how much the unit was worth belonged to a valuer."
Did the tribunal obtain the victim's confirmation that was the reason why the lawyer was invited to her condo ? If the reason was implausible and unlikely, surely it must cut both ways. If the victim had invited or allowed the lawyer to pay her a house visit based on such implausible and unlikely reason, inference must also be drawn against the victim.
The tribunal again remarked that : "But the tribunal said: 'By asking her to perform a belly dance, (he) had made verbal advances towards her while he was meeting her in his professional capacity.' "
If the reason for the visit was implausible and unlikely, then he could not be deemed as meeting her in his professional capacity. He could only be deemed to have met her in his professional capacity if the reason for the meeting put forth by the lawyer was accepted as true.
What is wrong with asking a belly-dancer to perform belly dancing ? Did the tribunal perceive belly dancing as some equivalent of lap dance or pole dance ? I felt the defence was sound. There was no sexual connotation.
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