From: uklm@permabulator.33mail.com 
  
 On 15:31  4 Aug 2025, Jeff Layman said: 
 > On 04/08/2025 14:43, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 >> On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 22:31:31 +0100, Jeff Layman 
 >>  wrote: 
 >>> On 03/08/2025 20:33, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 >>>> 
 >>>> 
 >>>> I'm aware that, in some circumstances, giving bad advice can 
 >>>> amount to professional negligence. But what if the person giving 
 >>>> the advice is not, in any sense, a professional in that field? Can 
 >>>> they, too, be liable if their advice causes demonstrable loss to 
 >>>> the person taking, and acting on, their advice? 
 >>> 
 >>> Would it not depend to a large extent on whether or not they are 
 >>> trying to pass themselves off as a professional? Following the 
 >>> advice of someone carrying an electricians toolkit to connect the 
 >>> brown wire to the neutral connection, the blue wire to the live 
 >>> connection, and leave the earth wire disconnected, would have a 
 >>> different connotation to someone dressed as a multicoloured chicken 
 >>> giving the same advice. 
 >> 
 >> I'm thinking of someone who makes no claim to be a regulated 
 >> professional, but nonetheless presents themself as a knowledgeable 
 >> and experienced amateur. Like, for example, a lot of people here. If 
 >> I gave bad legal advice to someone, and it cost them money (eg, by 
 >> losing a hopeless case that I wrongly advised them was easily 
 >> winnable), would I have any liability? 
 > 
 > Wouldn't this come under "duty of care" legislation? 
 >  
  
 Interesting link. It's fascinating to read the duty of care to rescuers 
 owed by those who create dangerous situations. 
  
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_of_care_in_English_law#Rescuers 
  
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