Kim Kendall
Solicitor
000961

Decision - Sanction

Outcome: Rebuke

Outcome date: 21 July 2021

Published date: 6 September 2021

Firm details

Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome

Name: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

Address(es): Citadel House 58 High Street Hull HU1 1QD

Firm ID: 304836

Outcome details

This outcome was reached by SRA decision.

Decision details

Mrs Kendall was issued with a rebuke and ordered to pay the SRA’s costs of £600 in investigating this matter.

Reasons/basis

Kim Kendall is a solicitor. At the time of the misconduct Mrs Kendall worked for the Crown Prosecution Service at Citadel House, 58 High Street, Hull HU1 1QD.

Mrs Kendall was found to have shared inappropriate social media posts on her social media account which caused offence to others and undermined the trust placed in her and in the provision of legal services and did not encourage equality, diversity or inclusion.

It was found that Mrs Kendall has failed to act in a way that upholds public trust and confidence in the solicitors’ profession and in the legal services provided by authorised persons and failed to act in a way that encourages equality, diversity and inclusion in breach of principles 2 and 6 of the SRA Principles 2019.