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Supreme Court refuses appellant’s application for costs as against the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal, in proceedings arising from the tribunal's finding of misconduct against him, on the grounds that: the appellant has been ultimately unsuccessful in his arguments on the challenges to the jurisdiction of the tribunal to make findings against him, and the finding of misconduct has never been displaced; and in so far as the proceedings before the Supreme Court are concerned, given that the appellant was successful in the first hearing and that the tribunal was successful in the second hearing, the logical course of action is to take is to make no order as to costs.
Supreme Court - Applicant seeks costs of legal proceedings against Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal - all other parties having agreed costs - Applicant brought statutory appeal to raise an issue as to the jurisdiction of the tribunal to make a finding of professional misconduct against him - ultimately unsuccessful - two Supreme Court hearings - Applicant successful in first - tribunal successful in the second - Court finds that logical course of action to take is to make no order as to costs.
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