A West Midlands man who illegally billed himself as a “residential architect” and who runs a design business that employs no qualified architects has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 in fines and costs at Birmingham Magistrates Court.

Paul Lyon, aged 41, and his company Lyson Architecture – which has a registered address in Bedworth, Warwickshire – were each convicted of four charges of the criminal offence of misusing the title “architect” at a hearing earlier this month.

The Architects Registration Board said Lyon referred to himself as a “residential architect” on the Lyson Architecture website and used the social media handle “@LysonArchitect” without entitlement, and that he had continued to do so despite numerous Arb warnings.

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