Time for judicial review of a disciplinary tribunal decision runs from the date of the tribunal's findings, not from the exhaustion of appeal rights. The existence of a comprehensive appeal by way of rehearing is a reason for declining judicial review, not for extending time. Where a superior court has made independent findings in disciplinary proceedings, judicial review of the underlying tribunal decision is futile. The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has discretion as to whether its inquiry is adversarial or inquisitorial.
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