Former Lawrence Graham (LG) partner Michael Fielding was last week sentenced to eight years in jail for stealing more than £5.8m from client accounts.

As reported last month by Legal Week, Fielding on 6 October pleaded guilty to 24 counts of theft arising from charges that he stole more than £3.5m of client monies. Fielding had already been declared bankrupt and been struck off from the solicitors’ roll.