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Investigations Committee
Following the Professional Standards team’s preliminary work on a complaint, it is referred to the Investigations Committee (IC) to consider. The IC looks at the complaint to see whether there are issues of unacceptable professional conduct or serious professional incompetence that are serious enough to be referred to the PCC for a formal hearing.
There are five people on the Committee, and a panel of three will consider each case. Of the three people that consider a complaint one is an architect and the remaining two – including the Chairman – are members of the public.
After considering the complaint, the IC can either:
- dismiss the complaint; or
- give the architect cautionary advice to their future conduct; or
- refer the complaint to the PCC.
Current membership of the Committee is:
- Alex Galloway (Chair)
- Catherine Audcent
- Stephen Brookhouse
- Arun Singh
- Alex Wright
The Committee’s terms of reference are as set out in the PCC and Investigations Rules.
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