Raising the bar [electronic resource] RICS surveyors acting as advocates
Cope, Jonathan
Raising the bar RICS surveyors acting as advocates [electronic resource] - 2010 - Construction Journal Feb-Mar 2010, 8-10(3) .
The Dispute Resolution Professional Group felt that mandatory rules of conduct for surveyor-advocates were important because surveyor-advocates do frequently appear opposite solicitors and barristers. Those professions are subject to mandatory rules of conduct governing advocacy and with no mandatory rules applying to surveyor-advocates, there was a perception of lower professional standards. This could taint surveyor-advocates? submissions. To redress this imbalance, the Practice Statement (PS) requires surveyor-advocates to comply with the same fundamental principles as solicitors and barristers. [see L145697]
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Raising the bar RICS surveyors acting as advocates [electronic resource] - 2010 - Construction Journal Feb-Mar 2010, 8-10(3) .
The Dispute Resolution Professional Group felt that mandatory rules of conduct for surveyor-advocates were important because surveyor-advocates do frequently appear opposite solicitors and barristers. Those professions are subject to mandatory rules of conduct governing advocacy and with no mandatory rules applying to surveyor-advocates, there was a perception of lower professional standards. This could taint surveyor-advocates? submissions. To redress this imbalance, the Practice Statement (PS) requires surveyor-advocates to comply with the same fundamental principles as solicitors and barristers. [see L145697]
United Kingdom--