Lawyer put white envelope on his head and told black secretary he had ‘joined the KKK’

A senior lawyer pulled a white envelope over his head and told his black secretary he had joined the ‘KKK’, a disciplinary tribunal heard. Samuel Maurice Charkham, 68, allegedly wore the makeshift costume in the central London firm’s offices as the woman was about to take dictation from him. The woman said he also slapped her bottom on 18 occasions over a three year period at media and commercial law firm Simkins LLP in Bloomsbury. The tribunal was told Charkam…