Article 38 Solicitors guilty of undue delay in certain mattersC1

a complaint is made to the Council that there has been undue delay on the part of a solicitor in connection with any matter in which he or his firm has been instructed on behalf of a clientF1. . . or any matter which relates to the administration of a controlled trust or in complying with an order of the Tribunal under Article 51(1)(j), (k) or (l) or (3) F2...; and

the Council have by notice invited the solicitor to give an explanation in respect of that matter; and

the solicitor has, within a period of not less than fourteen days specified in the said notice or such longer period as the Council may determine, failed to give an explanation in respect of that matter which the Council regard as sufficient and satisfactory; and

the solicitor has been notified in writing by the Society that he has so failed;