The disciplinary jurisdiction of the Law Society is not dependent on prejudice having been shown to have affected any client. The jurisdiction is disciplinary in nature, its intention being to maintain standards in the profession.
Citations:
Gazette 03-Aug-1994, Times 01-Apr-1994, [1994] Admin LR 249
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina on the Application of Thompson v The Law Society CA 20-Feb-2004
The claimant complained at the disciplinary procedures of the Law Society.
Held: A failure to hold a disciplinary hearing in public was not an infringement of the claimant’s human rights. The two questions of whether there had been a . .
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Legal Professions
Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.87133