Solicitors

It was settled law that there could be no reasonable objection to the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal reading a civil or criminal judgment in which the judge had made findings as to the dishonesty of a solicitor appearing before the tribunal, provided that the tribunal was clear and rigorous in its approach to that judgment. The judgment would be admissible to prove background facts, but not to prove the Law Society’s case against the solicitor in the disciplinary proceedings.