The Board of Trustees delegate authority to the Appeals Committee and subsequent panel to undertake work relating to the hearing of and provision of a decision on appeals that have arisen from decisions made by CIMSPA’s Membership Committee, Disciplinary Committee, or have been escalated through the CIMSPA appeals process.
Committee’s role
- Convene a Panel to hear an appeal that CIMSPA executive investigation concludes has sufficient grounds to make an appeal.
- Consider the points and evidence raised through the investigation and base their conclusion on the following (but not limited to) mitigating circumstances:
- A procedural defect
- Failure to follow due process
- Insufficient weighting of a sanction or decision made
- Serve as the final decision-making body for every appeal and confirm the following:
- Confirm a decision made by the Membership Committee and Disciplinary Panel where it concludes the original decision is correct.
- Overturn a decision made by the Membership Committee or Disciplinary Panel where it concludes that the original decision was incorrect.
- Substitute with its own decision any decision made by the Membership Committee, or Disciplinary Panel it is required to overturn.
- Provide confirmation of the results of the Appeals Panel to the following:
- Member/Partner
- Membership/Disciplinary Committee
- CIMSPA executive
- Provide appropriate feedback to support decisions made by Appeals Panels to all relevant stakeholders.