The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 1994

7.—(1) Service of an Application and statement or affidavit pursuant to the provisions of Rules 4 and 6 shall be:

(i) personally, or

(ii) by first class post with Recorded Delivery and Advice of Delivery, in the case of a solicitor, to his last known place of business appearing in the Register (commonly known as the Practising Roll kept by the Society) or to his last known place of abode and in every other case to the last known place of business or abode of the person to be served and such service shall be deemed to have been effected on the second business day after the letter was despatched, or

(iii) in such other manner as the Tribunal may direct.

(2) Any notice or document other than an Application and statement or affidavit in support may as well as being served under the provisions of part (1) of this Rule also be served

(i) by leaving the document at an address prescribed in part

(1) of this Rule

(ii) where a solicitor either agrees to accept service through a document exchange or advertises a document exchange number on his letter heading, by leaving the document at that document exchange or at a document exchange that transmits documents every business day to that document exchange.In this Rule “Document Exchange” means any document exchange for the time being approved by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of Order 65, Rule 7, of the Rules of the Supreme Court.Any document so left shall be deemed to have been served on the second business day following the day on which it is left.