Justification of Judgments of the Advocacy Disciplinary Tribunal

Abstract

The subject of this article is jurisdiction of decisions of the Advocacy Disciplinary Tribunal. The author focuses on the independence of the Law on Advocates and the Criminal Practice Rules. Appropriate application of the provisions of Criminal Practice Rules might take one of the following forms – 1) when the appropriate provision of Criminal Practice is applied directly, without any changes, 2) when the provision of Criminal Practice is modified wherever appropriate, 3) when the provision cannot be applied. The article also discusses various different issues of minimum requirements that are met by the justification of the disciplinary tribunal.