The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal had suspended the applicant, with recommendations as to conditions to be imposed by the Law Society if the suspension was later lifted. The solicitor appealed.
Held: The Tribunal itself had power to impose such conditions, and if it thought them appropriate then it should make its own orders accordingly, and not delegate this to the Law Society later.
Judges:
Thomas LJ, Silber J, Goldring J
Citations:
[2004] EWHC 1674 (Admin), Times 05-Oct-2004, [2004] 1 WLR 3037
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – in Re a solicitor, No 6 of 1993 CA 23-Jul-1993
‘The purpose of a condition on a practising certificate is not punitive, but is intended to ensure that a solicitor who has run into trouble in a professional capacity is subject to a degree of oversight in the conduct of his professional life at . .
Cited by:
Cited – Taylor v The Law Society CA 1-Nov-2005
‘the SDT should not give orders or directions to the Law Society. It should decide what, if any, conditions should be imposed and if it decides that conditions should be imposed it should impose them pursuant to its wide powers ‘to make such order . .
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Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.198859