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On 6 September 2022, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and its administration company Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Administration Ltd signed a … Read more

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… Read more

The Tribunal is now holding in-person, remote and hybrid hearings.  To assist all parties the Tribunal has issued an updated Practice Direction dated… Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

The Tribunal’s Policy Committee met on 19 April 2022 and carefully considered the 26 questionnaire responses it had received in respect of the … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Alison Kellett has been appointed as the new President of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (‘SDT’), succeeding the outgoing President, Edward … Read more

On 9 February 2022 the Tribunal responded to the SRA Consultation on Financial Penalties.  The consultation period closed on 11 February 2022. To … Read more