Dowland v Architects Registration Boarddydh [2013] EWHC 893 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 159 (Apr)
Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court (London), Simon J, 19 Apr 2013
There is no right to appeal against a refusal to reinstated someone erased from the register under s 22 of the Architects Act 1997. The only basis for a challenge is a claim for judicial review on conventional public law grounds.
David Ball (instructed by Duncan Lewis (Solicitors) Ltd) for the appellant. Ben Collins (instructed by Russell Cooke LLP) for the board.
The respondent Architects Registration Board found that the appellant architect had engaged in unacceptable professional conduct by his failure to report his bankruptcy. Accordingly, in July 2008, his name was erased from the register of architects. In October 2010, the appellant applied for re-entry on the register. In December 2011, the board refused that application on grounds which included a bankruptcy restriction order against him which was to continue until March 2016. The appellant appealed against that refusal under s 22(1) of the Architects Act 1997 (AA 1997). He contended that that
