18 January 2013
Tinkler v Solicitors Regulation Authority and other cases [2012] EWHC 3645 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Jan)
Guidance Note on Sanctions (the guidance) issued by the solicitors disciplinary tribunal in August 2012 demonstrated that means or ability to pay was a material factor in assessing the level of fine. The guidance should be treated as declaratory of a principle which was very well established.
