In stay applications pending appeal from professional disciplinary tribunal orders, the court will consider whether the regulator itself sought suspension or took protective steps when the misconduct was identified. A regulator's failure to submit that suspension was necessary for public protection, and its failure to exercise statutory powers of immediate suspension, weighs in favour of granting a stay. Undertakings providing ongoing supervision may afford greater public protection than a bare suspension.
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