The Tsiaras/Verdins principles concerning the relevance of mental illness to culpability and deterrence apply by analogy to disciplinary proceedings against legal practitioners. Disciplinary tribunals must address in their reasons any proffered undertaking as an alternative to suspension, particularly where the undertaking offers long-term public protection. Fresh evidence of deterioration of a practitioner's mental condition after the tribunal's decision is admissible on appeal where it demonstrates the true significance of facts existing at the time of the original decision.
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