Proceedings Pack

The guidance and information below is designed to assist you with SDT proceedings.

Automatic Disclosure Policy & Guidance
Checklist of Requirements – Standard Directions
Explanatory Note to Standard Directions and Glossary

When the Tribunal issues proceedings it provides instructions to the parties on how they are to prepare the case. These instructions are known as “Standard Directions” [Rule 20 SDPR 2019]. The Standard Directions are important and must not be ignored. The Standard Directions assist the Tribunal in achieving the ‘Overriding Objective’: to deal with cases……
External Privacy Notice
Guidance Note – Adjournments
Guidance Note – Health Issues
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.
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.
Guidance Note on Other Powers

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.
Guidance Note on Sanctions – 11th Edition

This Guidance Note consists of a distillation of current Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) sanctioning principles brought together in one document.