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The first charge against Mrs Kelly was that she failed to comply
with principles 2, and/or 3 and/or 5 of the Code of
Conduct.
The particulars of the charge were that Mrs Kelly:
(1) in the course of her employment failed to maintain high
standards of professional (or personal) conduct in that
she:-
(a) caused or permitted, deliberately or otherwise, a quantity
of active client papers, then in the custody of her employer, to be
exposed to destruction;
and/or
(b) concealed from her employer a quantity of active client
papers delivered to the employer in connection with professional
instructions;
and/or
(c) concealed from her employer by deletion a quantity of
electronic communications from one or more clients of her employer
delivered in connection with professional instructions;
and/or
(d) failed to conduct certain employment duties diligently
and/or adequately and/or at all namely the processing, recording
and reporting of client
instructions;
(2) By reason of the matters set out in paragraph (1) failed
to behave with honesty and integrity towards her employer
and/or its clients and/or her colleagues;
(3) By reason of the matters set out in paragraph (1) failed to act
in the best interests of her employer’s clients.
The second charge against Mrs Kelly was that she failed to
comply with and respond to reasonable enquiries made by or on
behalf of the Officer in connection with a complaint of
professional misconduct.
The particulars of the charge were that Mrs Kelly:
(1) failed to respond to reasonable enquiries made of her by IPS
in connection with complaints of professional misconduct made
by or on behalf of her former employer.
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