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Council of the Law Society of Scotland v. Hall
May 2, 2009 | No Comments
The Inner House reduced decisions of the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal to throw out disciplinary proceedings brought against individual solicitors on the grounds that the adjudged unreasonable delay on the part of the Law Society in bringing the proceedings before the Discipline Tribunal constituted a breach of the individual’s Article 6 rights to a hearing within a reasonable time.
The Court heard that the speedy trial provisions of Article 6 bite only once proceedings have been brought before the Tribunal and the Convention right has no application in relation to any period prior to the proceedings when investigations were still being carried out by the Law Society.
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Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial
