The Court of Appeal dismissed the Attorney-General's appeal against the sentence imposed by the Solicitors' Complaints Tribunal, holding that the suspension of the respondent solicitor until 30 June 2002, coupled with an undertaking not to practise on his own account indefinitely, was not inadequate given the gravity of two charges of unprofessional conduct. The case confirms that appellate courts will not readily interfere with disciplinary tribunal sentencing where the penalty falls within the range reasonably open on the facts.
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