When a legal practitioner found guilty of professional misconduct seeks a stay of disciplinary orders pending appeal, the protection of the public is entitled to significant weight. Interim practice restrictions that prevent the practitioner from accepting new instructions will not be stayed where doing so would effectively permit the practitioner to continue practising, even indirectly through supervised persons. The concept of 'the public' extends to opposing parties in litigation, not merely the practitioner's own clients.
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