USE OF INTERNET BULLETIN BOARDS BY CONSULTANTS

[Mike Buckley]

Yes it sounds like field day time for lawyers. I would agree that you may be liable for the advice you give even if you do not charge for it but I suspect it would be for direct advice. i.e. if you answered a question like would it be ok to extent the escape distance in a dead end situation to 1/2 mile and said it would be fine. That is one thing, however if someone took that advice and passed it on to someone else whilst claiming to be a competent person then the liability should fall on them.

[Steven N]

Returning to the original point of this thread, I agree with Mr Todd. Asking for help every now & again is fine by me, we all come across something unusual from time to time. However wanting to know every thing to actually do your job is never a correct state of affairs.

[Allen Higginson]

Where you get conflicting viewpoints that go against what you consider correct then surely it's better to get full clarification,even if you know for a fact that you are right?

[colin todd]

Buzzy, Germans and Swiss are never wrong, so just do as your masters say.  Incidentally, they say you should buy me Bushmills in Benedicts this week.

That Stevo seems like a sensible chap AND he called me Mr Todd. Nobody has called me Mr Todd, not even the office cleaners, since I was last stopped for speeding by the police.