# The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2007 (revoked) S.I. 2007/3588 · made 14 December 2007 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2007-revoked/pdf/uksi_20073588_en.pdf ## Introductory text Legal profession, England and wales Made 14th December 2007 Coming into force 14th January 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introduction ## 1 Citation and Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Constitution ## 3 President, Vice-Presidents and Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Constitution of Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Applications ## 5 Applications in respect of solicitors, recognised bodies, registered European lawyers and registered foreign lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Certification of a case to answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Supplementary statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Applications by the Law Society against solicitors’ employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Procedure and rules of evidence ## 10 Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Evidence: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Written evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Previous findings of record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Hearings and Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 The Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Miscellaneous ## 18 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Re-hearing where respondent neither appears nor is represented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Adjournment for Law Society to investigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Transitional provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## FORMS ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3588 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2007-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.