An Aberdeen-based architect has lost a legal challenge against the Architects Registration Board’s decision to strike him off the professional register for incompetence.

Neil Rothnie was given an erasure order by the Arb’s Professional Conduct Committee last year following complaints that a house he designed suffered serious damage because of persistent rainwater ingress caused by his sub-standard design of a gable.

The PCC heard that the botched design had caused a great deal of stress to the property owner and left her house unsaleable without repair work estimated at £30-50,000. The erasure decision – the second time Rothnie had been censured by the Arb – also related to unprofessional conduct in relation to poor communication with the homeowner.

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