PART 3CONSTITUTION OF APPEAL PANELS

Disqualification for membership of an appeal panel – generally

19.—(1) A solicitor who is for the time being prohibited from providing civil legal services by an order under Article 51B(1) or (3) of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(1) shall be disqualified for membership of an appeal panel.

(2) A barrister who is for the time being prohibited from providing civil legal services by any determination of the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland, or by any determination of any such committee as may be established by that Council to determine charges preferred against barristers, shall be disqualified for membership of an appeal panel.

(3) A solicitor who is under investigation by the Law Society, or a barrister who is under investigation by the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland, for alleged professional misconduct shall notify the Director forthwith and shall be disqualified for membership of an appeal panel pending the outcome of that investigation.