Some Aspects of Professional Regulation - The Architects' Registration Board

His Honour Judge Humphrey LLoyd QC

A paper based on a talk given to the Society of Construction Law and
the Technology and Construction Court Bar Association in London on 10th
December 2002.

The author, who became a member of the Architects' egistration
Board about 18 months ago, explains what the Board does; he looks at its
composition; its statutory responsibilities (principally the regulation
of the name and title 'architect'); and the ways in which
an architect may be registered as such, including the criteria for qualification.
The paper goes on to consider the standards of conduct and practice set
out in the Architect's Code, the professional indemnity insurance
requirements, and the investigation of complaints against architects.

Introduction - The Architects' egistration Board -
What does AB do? - AB's role as 'gatekeeper'
- The Architect's Code - Professional indemnity insurance
- Discipline.

The author: Judge Lloyd QC is a judge of the Technology and Construction
Court. He became a member of the Architects' egistration Board
in 2001. He was elected its vice-chairman in 2002 and will become its
chairman in March 2003. He was a founding member of the Society of Construction
Law and was its President between 1985 and 1988..

Text 19 pages.

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