A suspension of professional registration for 2 years 6 months for misconduct occurring more than 12 years ago, where the practitioner has no other disciplinary record, is currently competent, and would suffer devastating financial impact, may be provisionally assessed as having reasonably good prospects of being found manifestly excessive on appeal. The combination of remoteness of misconduct, clean record, current competence, and financial hardship can decisively outweigh the regulatory interest in immediate enforcement of a suspension order.
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