Rule 6 LPDC Rules 2020

Rule 6 of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) Rules 2020 is about Supplementary Statements. It provides as follows:

(1) An applicant who has made an Application to which this Rule applies may, subject to sub-rule (4), send supplementary statements to the Committee containing additional facts or matters on which the applicant seeks to rely or further allegations in support of the Originating Application.

(2) A supplementary statement must be supported by an Affidavit of Facts setting out any new allegations, facts and matters supporting the Originating Application and each allegation contained within it and exhibiting any new documents relied upon by the applicant.

(3) In the case of an Originating Application made by the Association, when a supplementary statement is sent to the committee, the Association must provide-
(a) sufficient copies of the supplementary statement on oath and supporting documents to enable the Committee to retain six complete sets and to serve a complete set on each respondent:

(b) a revised time estimate for the substantive hearing;
(c) a revised schedule of the Association’s costs incurred up to and including the date on which the supplementary statement is sent; and
(d) any proposed directions for the future progression of the case, including any proposals to vary any existing directions.

(4) In the case of a lay Originating Application, when a supplementary statement is sent to the Committee, the applicant must provide sufficient copies of the supplementary statement and supporting documents to enable the Committee to retain six complete sets and to serve a complete set on each respondent.

(5) No supplementary statement shall be used without the leave of the Committee-
(a) more than 6 months from the date of the initial Application under Rule 4; and
(b) less than 30 days before the date fixed for the substantive hearing of
the Application.

(6) Rule 5 applies in respect of any supplementary statement containing additional facts or matters on which the applicant seeks to rely or further allegations in support ofthe Application as it applies to an Originating Application made in accordance with Rule 4.

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