A Colchester man who described himself as an architect has been fined £10,000 by magistrates and ordered to pay a further £2,389 in costs and surcharges.

Andrew Feasey of Colchester and the company CPS Architecture & Design Limited were both convicted on July 4 of five counts of the criminal offence of misusing the title ”architect”.

Colchester Magistrates Court heard that Feasey, the director of CPS Architecture, was carrying out business under the name, style or title containing the word “architect” despite not being registered or employing someone appropriately registered as an architect under the Architects Act 1997.

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