An application for prompt readmission following striking off for serious misconduct can succeed only if supported by an unblemished record since suspension. Evidence of breaches of conditions imposed during the interim period, and lack of candour in the readmission application itself, will be fatal to such an application. There is no fixed minimum period before readmission may be sought, but the essential criterion is demonstrated rehabilitation, and the more serious the original misconduct, the more compelling the evidence of rehabilitation must be.
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