Evidential and procedural matters

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Guidance

Guidance

Decision-making, reviews and attendance procedures

This document sets out how we make a first instance decision (FID) and how we deal with an application for an internal review of that decision.

Glossary terms

SRA

means the Solicitors Regulation Authority

person

includes a body of persons (corporate or unincorporated)

authorised decision maker

in relation to a decision, means a person authorised to make that decision by the SRA under a schedule of delegation

adjudication panel

means a panel of lay and legally qualified persons engaged by the SRA for the purpose of making regulatory decisions, and whose adjudication work is functionally separate to the work of the SRA’s operational functions, including its investigation, supervision and authorisation functions.

adjudicator

means a legally qualified person engaged by the SRA for the purpose of making regulatory decisions, and whose adjudication work is functionally separate to the work of the SRA's operational functions, including its investigation, supervision and authorisation functions. The term adjudicator includes an adjudication panel when the context permits.

Tribunal

means the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which is an independent statutory tribunal constituted under section 46 of the SA

court

means any court, tribunal or inquiry of England and Wales, or a British court martial, or any court of another jurisdiction

UK

means United Kingdom, made up of: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

overseas

means outside England and Wales