Notifying a potential breach

 All ITI members are bound by the ITI’s Code of Professional Conduct (the ‘Code’). If you believe an ITI member has breached the Code, it is best to attempt to resolve the alleged breach in good faith. If this approach is not successful, you (the ‘Notifier’) can notify ITI (‘we’ or ‘us’) of the alleged breach.

This procedure sets out the requirements that a notification of an alleged breach of the Code must fulfil. Notifications made under this procedure will be handled by the Administrator, who will ordinarily be the Governance Officer. If the Governance Officer is unavailable or subject to a potential or perceived conflict of interest, an appropriate substitute will be appointed.

Please note that ITI only has remit over the professional conduct of a member as set out in the Code. We cannot investigate allegations of unlawful/illegal activity or contractual disputes not covered by the Code.

1. Submitting a notification

To submit a notification, please fill in the form below. All allegations made must be true and accurate to the best of the Notifier’s knowledge and must be made in good faith.

At this stage, unless otherwise provided for by law, the Notifier must maintain confidentiality towards all parties other than the Administrator with regard to all information that the notification concerns.

2. Verifying the notification

The Administrator will confirm receipt of your notification within 7 days and check whether it meets the criteria for submission (see point 3 below). They may request additional information and/or supporting evidence from you.

3. Accepting or dismissing the notification

The Administrator, after consultation with the Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), will dismiss the notification after 14 days if it:

1. does not concern a current member of ITI;
2. contains insufficient information or is not supported by appropriate evidence; 
3. does not concern a provision in the Code;
4. concerns an exclusively commercial dispute instead of a breach of the Code;
5. relates to events that concluded more than 12 months ago, except in exceptional circumstances;
6. concerns an alleged breach of a version of the Code that did not apply at the time of the alleged breach;
7. is made anonymously;
8. is vexatious or trivial;
9. contains factually unreliable information in the Administrator’s and PCC Chair’s opinion.

If the matter is subject to ongoing civil or criminal proceedings, the notification will be deferred until such proceedings have been concluded.

The Administrator will inform the Notifier within 14 days of the notification being made whether the notification will be: i) referred for a hearing or ii) deferred or dismissed, providing reasoning for deferral or dismissal. In the case of ii), the member alleged to have committed the breach(es) will not be informed of the notification.