High-flying barrister Nicola Cain struck off for forging judge's signature in Steele dossier lawsuit
A high-flying barrister has been struck off for forging a judge’s signature, while defending former MI6 agent Christopher Steele against a libel action filed by Russian tech tycoon Aleksej Gubarev.
Veteran barrister Nicola Cain was disbarred for giving her client, Christopher Steele, a fake High Court order, on which she had cut-and-pasted a copy of a senior judge’s signature.
The forgeries were made whilst Cain was acting as Steele’s defence, after Aleksej Gubarev sued the former intelligence