<p><img src="[images%7COpenAccessDataProvider]a5e74b09-cea9-475d-8544-f0bf5d3b5517" sf-size="333746"></p><p>In <i>Freeborn v Marcal </i><a data-sf-ec-immutable="" href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=8TXV-HMF2-D6MY-P2B2&csi=316762&oc=00240&perma=true&elb=t" target="_blank">[2019] EWHC 454 (TCC)</a> the Technology
and Construction Court held that an architect had negligently produced a design which had not met the employers’ requirements or been approved by the employers. </p><p>In its judgment, the court set out a useful summary of the principles of law concerning the duties and obligations of architects:</p><ul><li>The primary basis for the duties owed by an architect is the contract pursuant to which it is engaged</li><li>The architect owes a duty to provide the services with reasonable care and skill (section 13 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982)</li></ul>
Source: LexisNexis Purpose Built
Duties and obligations of architects - a useful summary