Rule 2 InterpretationI1

In these Rules—

• “the 1974 Act” means the Solicitors Act 1974;

• “the 2007 Act” means the Legal Services Act 2007^f1;

• F1“the 2019 rules” means the Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019;

• “appeal” means a Schedule 2 appeal F2, a section 44E appeal or a licensing appeal;

• “appellant” means—

  1. (a)

     a person who makes an appeal to the Tribunal; or

  2. (b)

     a person added or substituted as an appellant under rule 13(1);

• “the Board” means the Legal Services Board;

• “clerk” has the same meaning as in F3the 2019 rules;

• F4a “licensing appeal” means an appeal of the type mentioned in rule 1(2)(c);

• “Panel” means a panel appointed under rule 3 for the hearing of an appeal or any matter connected with an appeal;

• “party” means the appellant or the respondent;

• “practice direction” means a practice direction made under rule 10;

• “the President” means the President of the Tribunal, appointed under rule 3 of the 2007 rules;

• “respondent” means—

  1. (a)

     the person who made the decision in respect of which an appeal is made; or

  2. (b)

     a person added or substituted as a respondent under rule 13(1);

  a “Schedule 2 appeal” means an appeal of the type mentioned in rule 1(2)(a);

  a “section 44E appeal” means an appeal of the type mentioned in rule 1(2)(b);

• “the Society” means the Law Society and includes any duly constituted committee of the Law Society or any body or person exercising delegated powers of the Law Society;

• F5“the Society’s licensing rules” means licensing rules made by the Society under section 83 of the 2007 Act (licensing rules);

• “solicitor members” and “lay members” have the same meanings as in section 46 of the 1974 Act;

• F6a “Stay” means a prohibition on the respondent implementing the decision in respect of which an appeal is made;

• “the Tribunal” means the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and where a Panel has been appointed for the hearing of an appeal or any matter connected with it, includes a Panel.