An Australian lawyer has been struck off for cheating in his ethics exam.
In 2012 invigilator Christopher D'Aeth spotted Hendrick Jan van Es taking an "unusually large" bundle of papers into his ethics assessment. When D'Aeth asked van Es to let him inspect his copious notes, van Es refused. D'Aeth told him his only other option was to leave and Van Es walked out of the exam hall.
CCTV footage shows that van Es then separated his notes into two piles, one of which he stuffed down his trousers. He attempted to waddle back into the exam room, but was refused entry by D'Aeth.
Three days later the New South Wales Bar Association called van Es in for questioning. Van Es denied that he was trying to smuggle in forbidden notes, but changed his mind when he was shown the video footage and admitted that, yes, he had picked the most ironic exam in which to cheat.
In a letter to the Bar Association van Es said, "I am ashamed of my actions". He was struck from the roll, ordered to pay $11,000 costs and forced to show that he had wiped his calculator memory.
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In 2012 invigilator Christopher D'Aeth spotted Hendrick Jan van Es taking an "unusually large" bundle of papers into his ethics assessment. When D'Aeth asked van Es to let him inspect his copious notes, van Es refused. D'Aeth told him his only other option was to leave and Van Es walked out of the exam hall.
CCTV footage shows that van Es then separated his notes into two piles, one of which he stuffed down his trousers. He attempted to waddle back into the exam room, but was refused entry by D'Aeth.
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Three days later the New South Wales Bar Association called van Es in for questioning. Van Es denied that he was trying to smuggle in forbidden notes, but changed his mind when he was shown the video footage and admitted that, yes, he had picked the most ironic exam in which to cheat.
In a letter to the Bar Association van Es said, "I am ashamed of my actions". He was struck from the roll, ordered to pay $11,000 costs and forced to show that he had wiped his calculator memory.