Now that's a surprise; not!

You could have knocked us down with a feather when we read this in the Herald this morning:

The Law Society has refused to issue a new practising certificate to disgraced lawyer Davina Murray.
Murray was found guilty last month of smuggling contraband to convicted murderer and rapist Liam Reid in Mt Eden Correctional Facility in 2011.
The Auckland lawyer's name has now been removed from the register of lawyers, which means she is no longer allowed to offer legal services or describe herself as a lawyer, barrister or solicitor.
Law Society spokesman Geoff Adlam confirmed the Society had declined to issue Murray with a new practising certificate. He said her name was removed from the register this morning.
Under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, all lawyers must apply for a new practising certificate each year. The Law Society can refuse to issue a practising certificate if it believes a person is not a fit and proper person to hold one.
Murray has the right to appeal the Law Society's decision to the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.

The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal had better get itself ready, because it's dollars to doughnuts that Ms Murray WILL appeal the Law Society's decision to deregister her. Her conduct at her trial for smuggling contraband to Liam Reid makes that a near certainty.

We note that Ms Murray conducted her own defence at her recent trial. We note the words of the old proverb, sometimes attributed to Henry Kett (with our small edit):

"I hestitate not to pronounce, that every (wo)man who is his/her own lawyer, has a fool for a client.

We rest our case.