Law Firm Manager stole £176k from Clients Account

A former Law Firm manager who transferred thousands of pounds from client accounts has said she was trying to stop the business from failing.
Jacque Aitken, an Office Manager employed by Hampshire law firm Simpkins & Co Solicitors for eight years, admitted transferring money from the client account to the office accounts on two matters without the client’s knowledge or consent, according to a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) decision notice. She accepted that her conduct had been