The lawyer who defended Daniel Morcombe’s killer has been struck off the Queensland roll of solicitors accused of profound and protracted dishonesty.
Disgraced criminal lawyer Tim Meehan walked free from prison in December, desperate to “make a useful contribution to society” by returning to the law.
QCAT denied Meehan’s bid to return to law after he admitted encouraging his clients to pay their legal fees in cash; an act described by president Justice Martin Daubney as “the worst category of offending for a solicitor.