The five appeared before the Disciplinary Committee in an inquiry hearing. The Committee observed that four of them had actually been involved in the fighting. This was caused by verbal altercations between two of them in the first place. Another two agents then joined in the fray. The Committee, recognising the effect of fighting in a public place on the image of the trade as a whole, ruled that the four agents should be subject to suspension ranging from two weeks to four months, depending on their respective degrees of involvement in the brawl. While there was no evidence that the fifth estate agent had taken part in the fight, he was a manager and in that capacity had failed to prevent conflicts after relationships between the two teams were strained by the first incident. For his failure to manage effectively the Committee decided to send him a letter of warning.