{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-act-1974/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-act-1974/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/47",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-act-1974",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Appeals from Tribunal.",
  "text": "(1) An appeal from the Tribunal shall lie to the High Court.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3) and to section 43(5) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985, an appeal shall lie at the instance of the applicant or complainant or of the person with respect to whom the application or complaint was made.\n(3) An appeal against an order under section 43(3A) shall lie only at the instance of the person with respect to whom the order was made.\n(4) The High Court ... shall have power to make such order on an appeal under this section as it may think fit.\n(5) Subject to any rules of court, on an appeal against an order made by virtue of rules under section 46(10)(c) without hearing the applicant or complainant, the court—\n(a) shall not be obliged to hear the appellant, and\n(b) may remit the matter to the Tribunal instead of dismissing the appeal,\n(6) Any decision of the High Court—\n(a) on an application under section 43(3) or 47(1)(d), (e), (ea) or (f), or\n(b) against an order under section 43(3A),\nshall be final.\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(1) substituted (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(2) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(2) inserted (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(3) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Figure in s. 49(3) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 9(2)(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 49(3) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 48, Sch. 7 para. 9(2)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 49(4) repealed (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(5)(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 49(4) substituted (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(5)(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 49(6) substituted (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(6) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 49(7) repealed (1.7.2009) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 177, 210, 211, Sch. 16 para. 51(7), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/1365, art. 2(a)(iiii) (subject to art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 49 extended by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 34), ss. 43(5), 69(5), Sch. 9 para. 9S. 49 extended (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1119, regs. 1, 37(3), Sch. 4 para. 10 (as amended (1.7.2009) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Registered European Lawyers) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1587), art. 3(10))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 49 applied in part (1.1.2025) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1379), regs. 1(4), 25"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1985/61",
      "affecting_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1985"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/47/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:05.522324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}