Architects' dismay as ARB legal costs rocket

摘要

Architects have expressed anger over revelations that the amount the Architects Registration Board (ARB) spends on legal fees each year has mushroomed again - increasing from £853,648 to a huge £938,557. The rise is a further 10 per cent on top of last year's 25 per cent increase. Nearly a third of the annual retention fees paid by the UK's 34,266 architects to the board (£3.4 million) is being spent on legal costs. The ARB says the rise mirrors the growing workload of its Professional Conduct Committee.