Guidance

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

Please also refer to the Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019.

Adjournments Guidance Note – Rule 23
Guidance Note – Health Issues
Guidance Note – Person Assisting a Party
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 – 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.
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.
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.
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.
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…