10. The Select Committee noted that on 05 December 2008 Ms Oliphant was informed in writing that her conduct amounted to serious misconduct. She was further advised that should she fail to report for duty or fails to inform her Judicial head of her whereabouts by 17 December 2008, she would be deemed to have absconded and that she would have made herself guilty of misconduct. A letter was served on her but Ms Oliphant was not at home at the time and the letter was left on a chair in the living room through an open window.