On 14 July 2015, Mr Emmanuel of J E Consultants UK Ltd based in Northolt, Middlesex was ordered to pay a total of £4,672 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to misusing the title ‘architect’. Mr Emmanuel continued to use the title on planning applications, in an online directory advertisement on yell.com and on his LinkedIn profile and Uxbridge Magistrates Court took the view that these were serious breaches of the Act.

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