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SCHEDULE 1The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980

SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

ORDER 106PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SOLICITORS : THE SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

Complaints to the Lord Chief Justice

17.—(1) A complaint to the Lord Chief Justice under Article 20 (which relates to a solicitor practising without a certificate) or under Article 27(1) (which relates to a solicitor acting as agent for an unqualified person) must be made by originating summons grounded on an affidavit setting out the nature of the complaint, the circumstances in which that complaint arose and the matters of fact upon which the complainant relies.

(2) The summons and a copy of the grounding affidavit must be served on the solicitor against whom the complaint is made and on the Law Society at least 14 days before the date of hearing.