Rule 32 Procedure at oral hearingI1
Scotland
At the beginning of an oral hearing, the chairperson of the panel must explain the order of proceeding which the panel proposes to adopt at the hearing.
The panel must, as far as possible, avoid formality in the proceedings.
At an oral hearing, the parties are—
to be heard either in person or through their representative,
to hear each other’s evidence and to put questions to each other and to any person called by the other party,
to call any person who has been cited under rule 28 to give evidence or provide any document, and
to make submissions to the panel.
Any member of the panel is entitled to put questions to any party or representative or any person giving evidence.
Without prejudice to any other powers it may have, the panel may exclude from the oral hearing, or any part of it, any person whose conduct has disrupted or is likely, in the opinion of the panel, to disrupt the oral hearing.
The panel may consider any document or information notwithstanding that it would be inadmissible in proceedings before a court of law but no person may by virtue of these Rules be compelled to give any evidence or to produce any document which that person could not be compelled to give or produce in proceedings before a court of law.