When these newbie questions concern matters legal and professional, who is liable for the quality of the advice?
• legal and professional advice Well, seeing we are all as anonymous as we choose to be here, it would be difficult to apply real liability to answers given. Having said that, I for one would not give a ’legal’ answer as I have no qualifications and only a superficial knowledge. As for ’professional’ answers, it would very much depend on the profession – and even if I did give such an answer, I would be very careful to give a clear caveat regarding the fallibility of any reply I gave. However, I assume, as I think most here also assume [assumptions are rather wobbly as they are based on guesses rather than confirmed facts] that Askvillers, however new or old, are adult and able to take responsibility themselves for choosing [or not] to follow information provided here. • newbies ‘spoiling’ Askville Maybe there are more newbies on the block, I’m not sure whether there are more than previously. I do think there could be more who do not follow up on whether there is an answer to their que
