Introductory Text
PART 1 Introductory
1.Citation and commencement
2.Scope
3.Interpretation
4.The overriding objective
5.Standard of proof
6.Regulation of procedure and practice directions
PART 2 Constitution
7.President and Vice Presidents
8.The Clerk to the Tribunal and other clerks and staff
9.Composition of panels
10.Functions exercisable by a single solicitor member
PART 3 Applications
CHAPTER 1 Applications by the Law Society and lay applications
11.Application of Rules in Chapter 1
12.Method and form of application
13.Certification of case to answer
14.Supplementary Statements
15.Applications in respect of solicitors’ employees
16.Adjournment of application pending Law Society investigation
CHAPTER 2 Applications by solicitors, etc.
17.Applications for restoration and termination of indefinite suspension
18.Application to vary or remove conditions on practice
19.Application for review of order relating to solicitors’ employees and consultants
PART 4 CASE MANAGEMENT
20.Standard Directions
21.Case management hearings
22.Procedural applications
23.Adjournments
24.Amendment or withdrawal of allegations
25.Agreed Outcome Proposals
26.Disclosure and discovery
PART 5 EVIDENCE
27.Evidence generally and service and sending of Evidence and bundles
28.Written Evidence
29.Civil Evidence Act notices
30.Expert evidence
31.Interpreters and Translators
32.Previous findings of record
33.Adverse inferences
PART 6 HEARINGS AND COSTS
34.Publication of cause lists
35.Public or private hearings
36.Proceeding in absence
37.Application for re-hearing
38.Evidence and submissions during the hearing
39.Recording of the hearing
40.Decisions
41.Sanction
42.The Order
43.Costs
PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS
44.Sending and service of documents
45.Deemed Service
46.Substituted service by the applicant
47.Calculating time
48.Representatives
49.Amendments to the 2011 Appeals Rules
50.Revocation
51.Transitional provisions
Signature
Explanatory Note