Liability of Architects.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 10, 1 August 1907, Page 365

Liability of Architects.

In Britain, the architect is liable for accident to his assistant whether employed in the office or superintending buildings in progress, provided the assistant is not in receipt of a higher salary than £250 a year. He is also liable, according to the opinion of the learned counsel, for accident to articled pupils. Hut the question of compensation obtainable is complicated and difficult, depending on the earnings (if any), the age, and the length of service of the apprentice or pupil. Finally it is pointed out that an architect who works for commission is not in the position of servant to the building owner and could not recover compensation for accident to himself.