Guidance
The guidance and information below is designed to assist you with SDT processes and procedures.
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Guidance Note on Appeals
The purpose of this Guidance Note is to assist the parties, the public and the legal profession in understanding the Tribunal’s decision-making process.
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Guidance Note on Applications for Special Measures
This Guidance Note has been prepared to ensure all applications for special measures at Tribunal hearings are dealt with consistently and efficiently and to maximise the quality of evidence given by all those who appear before the Tribunal.
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Guidance Note on Other Powers – 6th Edition
The purpose of this Guidance Note is to assist the parties, the public and the legal profession in understanding the Tribunal’s decision-making process.
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Guidance Note on Sanctions – 10th Edition
This Guidance Note consists of a distillation of current Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) sanctioning principles brought together in one document.
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Guidance Note on Video Link Request
This Guidance Note has been prepared to ensure all video link requests are dealt with consistently and efficiently, with the least disruption to any hearing where a video link is requested.
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Information Guide for Lay Applicants
This guide has been written to assist lay applicants who refer applications directly to the Tribunal in respect of solicitors, registered foreign lawyers, registered European lawyers and recognised bodies.
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Information Guide for Unrepresented Applicants
This guide has been written to assist unrepresented applicants applying to the Tribunal to be restored to the roll, to terminate an indefinite suspension, to vary or remove conditions on practice and to review an order relating to solicitors’ employees and consultants. It aims to outline what to expect when your case has been listed…
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Information Guide for Unrepresented Respondents
This guide has been written to assist unrepresented respondents in disciplinary proceedings at the Tribunal.
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Information Guide for Witnesses
This guide has been prepared to assist witnesses giving evidence at a hearing at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
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Zoom User Guide for Remote and Hybrid Hearings
Zoom is a video conferencing service which the Tribunal use for remote and hybrid hearings. It is a free service and does not require you to create an account to attend a Zoom hearing. Types of Hearing There are two types of virtual hearings:
