The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019

Supplementary Statements

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14.—(1) An applicant who has made an application to which this Rule applies may, subject to paragraph (4), send supplementary statements to the Tribunal containing additional facts or matters on which the applicant seeks to rely or further allegations in support of the application.

(2) A supplementary statement must be supported by a Statement setting out any new allegations, facts and matters supporting the application and each allegation contained within it and exhibiting any new documents relied upon by the applicant.

(3) In the case of an application made by the Society, when a supplementary statement is sent to the Tribunal, the Society must provide—

(a)sufficient copies of the supplementary statement and supporting documents to enable the Tribunal to retain one complete set and to serve a complete set on each respondent;

(b)a revised time estimate for the substantive hearing;

(c)a revised schedule of the Society’s costs incurred up to and including the date on which the supplementary statement is sent;

(d)any proposed directions for the future progression of the case, including any proposals to vary any existing directions.

(4) In the case of a lay application, when a supplementary statement is sent to the Tribunal, the applicant must provide sufficient copies of the supplementary statement and supporting documents to enable the Tribunal to retain one complete set and to serve a complete set on each respondent.

(5) The applicant will not be permitted to send a supplementary statement without leave of the Tribunal—

(a)more than 12 months from the date of the application under rule 12;

(b)less than 30 days before the date fixed for the substantive hearing of the application.

(6) Rule 13 applies in respect of any supplementary statement containing additional facts or matters on which the applicant seeks to rely or further allegations in support of the application as it applies to an application made in accordance with rule 12.