{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal-appeals-and-amendment-rules-2011/rule-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal-appeals-and-amendment-rules-2011/rule-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2346",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (Appeals and Amendment) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal-appeals-and-amendment-rules-2011",
  "path": "rule/11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with rules, practice directions or tribunal directions",
  "text": "(1) An irregularity resulting from a failure to comply with any provision of these Rules, a practice direction or a direction given under these Rules does not of itself render void the appeal or any step taken in the appeal.\n(2) If a party has failed to comply with a requirement in these Rules, a practice direction or a direction given under these Rules, the Tribunal may take such action as the Tribunal considers just, which may include—\n(a) waiving the requirement;\n(b) requiring the failure to be remedied;\n(c) exercising its power under rule 12;\n(d) otherwise barring or restricting a party’s participation in the appeal.\n(3) The Tribunal may not bar or restrict a party’s participation in the appeal under paragraph (2)(d) without first giving the party an opportunity to make representations in relation to the proposed action.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 11 in force at 1.10.2011, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2346/rule/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:54:35.278032+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."
}