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Annual Report 2021
The SDT published its Annual Report for 2021 on 12 August 2022. The Report shows that the SDT received a total of 136 applications in 2021, including…
Updated Practice Direction in respect of Remote and Hybrid Hearings
The Tribunal is now holding in-person, remote and hybrid hearings. To assist all parties the Tribunal has issued an updated Practice Direction dated…
Updated Guidance Note on Sanctions
On 15 June 2022 the SDT’s Policy Committee, led by the President of the Tribunal Alison Kellett published the 10th Edition of its Guidance Note on …
Goodbye to Simon Tinkler and Nalini Chavda
Simon Tinkler ceased to be a member of the Tribunal at the end of April 2022 as he has been appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge. Simon had been a …
Outcome of the Review of the Tribunal’s Listing Strategy
The Tribunal’s Policy Committee met on 19 April 2022 and carefully considered the 26 questionnaire responses it had received in respect of the …
Review of the Tribunal’s Listing Strategy
For the last two years the Tribunal has been operating remote hearings with some hybrid hearings being held since September 2020. A hybrid hearing is …
Guidance Note on Other Powers of the Tribunal – 6th Edition
On 9 March 2022 the SDT’s Policy Committee, led by the President of the Tribunal Alison Kellett, approved for publication the 6th Edition of …
SDT Response to SRA Consultation on Financial Penalties
On 9 February 2022 the Tribunal responded to the SRA Consultation on Financial Penalties. The consultation period closed on 11 February 2022. To …
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal announces its new leadership team
Alison Kellett has been appointed as the new President of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (‘SDT’), succeeding the outgoing President, Edward …
Review of Activities in 2021 and Planned Activities for 2022
In late 2019 the Tribunal published its Strategic and Operational Plans for 2020-2023, with the intention that these would be reviewed annually. …
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