2007 No. 3588
The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2007 (revoked)F1
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Coming into force
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F1PART 1Introduction
Citation and CommencementF11
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InterpretationF12
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F1PART 2Constitution
President, Vice-Presidents and ClerkF13
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Constitution of DivisionsF14
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F1PART 3Applications
Applications in respect of solicitors, recognised bodies, registered European lawyers and registered foreign lawyersF15
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Certification of a case to answerF16
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Supplementary statementsF17
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Applications by the Law Society against solicitors’ employeesF18
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Other ApplicationsF19
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F1PART 4Procedure and rules of evidence
Service of documentsF110
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DirectionsF111
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ListingF112
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Evidence: generalF113
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Written evidenceF114
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Previous findings of recordF115
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Hearings and FindingsF116
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The OrderF117
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F1PART 5Miscellaneous
CostsF118
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Re-hearing where respondent neither appears nor is representedF119
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Adjournment for Law Society to investigateF120
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MiscellaneousF121
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RevocationF122
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Transitional provisionF123
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F1SCHEDULEFORMS
Rules revoked (25.11.2019) by The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1185), rules 1, 50 (with savings in rule 51 relating to proceedings in respect of which an application was made before S.I. 2019/1185 came into force); and Rules amended (31.12.2020), in so far as still in force, by The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1342), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 16 (with Sch. para. 13)