Professional Liability, Insurance, and Their Impact on Practice - an Overview

The classical theory of travelling and standing waves is applied to the case of wind blowing across a fabric structure. Results are obtained which are of practical importance for the design of fabric structures. C.J.K. Williams

All professionals do research. The essence of any professional job is ‘careful search or inquiry’ and ‘critical investigation’ in the ‘endeavour to discover new or collate old facts’. The purpose of such endeavours may be the design of a building, or the construction of a bridge, but in each case the gathering and assessment of relevant information as a basis for professional cecision is an essential feature - especially when, as usual, the building or structure is unique. P.L. Bransby

The relationship between a client and a professional advisor can be a delicate and complex one. A client has a duty to appoint an advisor who has appropriate competence on fair and reasonable terms and should understand the difference between buying advice and buying a manufactured article. The advisor, for his part, should try and stand in his client’s shoes, should look beyond the mechanics of the job to the interface with anything on which the project might impinge, and should advise impartially. That, at least, is the theory! J.A. Waller