20th June 2008, 06:58 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by tmsarch
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Noddy
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Oxbeast
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ne...toryid=130
Very occasionally details are released. Not often enough, but sometimes...
I note that the person in question in the above details posted by Noddy is still advertising himself as being an IFA member:
http://www.archaeologycymru.com/personnel/Personnel.htm
Hmm maybe this should be pointed out to the IFA?!
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Drumcharry
Quote:quote:Originally posted by historic building
The legal ombudsman is to manage disputes between solicitors and their clients not within the law society itself.
No it's not, the Complaints procedure for the legal profession involves first going to the Law Firm themselves, then to the Law Society (which is a professional body funded by legal firms themselves) then and only then if a solution is not reached will the Legal Ombudsman consider a complaint. It has to have been 'through' the Law Society first. The legal Ombudsman also effectively therefore manages complaints that the Law Society hasnt been wholly fair or impartial.
Comparisons to the legal profession are unhelpful. You are talking about southern Britain, where the Law Society of England and Wales is another non-chartered professional body. Archaeology needs a strong, chartered professional body, like the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors or Royal Institute of British Architects. The government/taxpayer is not going to be interested in paying for a regulator for archaeology. Any other organisation is going to have the same problems as the IFA. Who is it funded by? What are their motivations in doing this? Are they really impartial? Are they truly independent? In a small profession, where everybody knows everyone else, I don't think these questions could be answered satisfactorily for everybody.