The Court of Appeal dismissed the application for readmission of a solicitor who had been struck off for misappropriation of trust funds. Despite evidence that the applicant's severe depressive illness at the time of the misconduct was now under control and unlikely to recur, the Court was not satisfied that the applicant was a fit and proper person to be readmitted, particularly given the respondent's contention that the applicant's attempts to recharacterise the misconduct as warranting complete exoneration reflected 'ethical blindness' rather than genuine rehabilitation. The focus remained on the applicant's intrinsic character rather than solely on the medical explanation for the prior conduct.
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