37.— Section 8 (inserted by section 18 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 and amended by section 10 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), by the substitution of “the High Court, after consideration of the report and the submissions (if any) made to it by the Society under subsection (1A) of this section” for “the High Court, after consideration of the report”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The Society may make submissions to the High Court in relation to—

(a) the opinion of the Disciplinary Tribunal as to the fitness or otherwise of the solicitor to be a member of the solicitors’ profession, having regard to the findings of the Disciplinary Tribunal, and

(b) the recommendations of the Disciplinary Tribunal as to the sanction which in the opinion of the Disciplinary Tribunal should be imposed, having regard to their findings, to any finding of misconduct on the part of the solicitor previously made by them (or by their predecessor, the Disciplinary Committee) and not rescinded by the Court, and to any order made by the Court under the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 in respect of the solicitor.”.