The Tribunal's powers are defined by the Solicitors Act 1974, section 47 (as amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and the Courts & Legal Services Act 1990), which also grants it discretion to make such order as it thinks right in respect of any application, save for one made under Section 43 (relating to solicitors' clerks). In particular the Tribunal may order:

• the striking off the Roll of the name of the solicitor to whom the application or complaint relates;
• the suspension of that solicitor from practice indefinitely or for a specified period;
• fine(s) to be imposed, without financial limit and forfeit to Her Majesty;
• the exclusion of a solicitor from legal aid work (either permanently or for a specified period);
• the determination of a solicitor's indefinite period of suspension from practice;
• the restoration to the Roll of the name of a former solicitor whose name has been struck off the Roll and to whom the application relates;
• in the case of a former solicitor whose name has been removed from the Roll, a direction prohibiting the restoration of his name to the Roll except by order of the Tribunal;
• the payment by any party of costs or a contribution towards costs of such amount as the Tribunal may consider reasonable.