Profile of respondents

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Dear The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal,

In each of the last three calendar years:

* How many cases have been heard by the tribunal?
* How many have involved someone from a BAME background as the respondent?
* How many respondents have been struck off by the tribunal?
* How many of those struck off have been from a BAME background?
* What proportion of cases heard by the tribunal result in a strike-off?
* What proportion of cases heard involving people from a BAME background result in a strike-off?

Yours faithfully,

John Hyde

SDT Enquiries, The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Dear Mr Hyde

Thank you for your email request below.

The Tribunal is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Information
as to the number of cases heard and the number of respondents struck-off
in a given year are included in the Tribunal's Annual Reports which are
available on its website.

Yours sincerely

Geraldine Newbold
Chief Executive Officer and Clerk
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Tel: 0207 329 4808
DDI: 0207 778 0765
Email: [1][email address]
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Hyde [mailto:[FOI #632883 email]]
Sent: 09 January 2020 17:06
To: SDT Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Profile of respondents

Dear The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal,

In each of the last three calendar years:

* How many cases have been heard by the tribunal?
* How many have involved someone from a BAME background as the respondent?
* How many respondents have been struck off by the tribunal?
* How many of those struck off have been from a BAME background?
* What proportion of cases heard by the tribunal result in a strike-off?
* What proportion of cases heard involving people from a BAME background
result in a strike-off?

Yours faithfully,

John Hyde

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