Annual Reports
Annual Reports of the Tribunal for the past five years
Annual Report for the Year ending 31 October 2023
This was another busy year for the Tribunal, even though the number of Complaints lodged with the Tribunal this year has not quite reached pre-pandemic levels.
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Annual Report for the Year ending 31 October 2022
I am delighted to present the SSDT’s Annual Report for 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022. The beginning of this year was dominated by COVID restrictions.
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Annual Report for the Year ending 31 October 2021
I am delighted to introduce my first Annual Report for the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal. I was elected as Chair of the Tribunal in June 2021, and it has proved to be an eventful time to lead the Tribunal.
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Annual Report for the Year ending 31 October 2020
This has been an unusual year for all of us and that experience has been no different for the Tribunal. During the first part of the year all Tribunal hearings were conducted in person. Part way through this reporting year, in March 2020, restrictions due to coronavirus were introduced.
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Annual Report for the Year ending 31 October 2019
Last year, Esther Roberton’s report, “Fit for the Future” was produced following her Independent Review of the Regulation of Legal Services in Scotland. This year, the Tribunal participated in the Government’s consultation on the recommendations contained in that report.
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