22nd June 2006, 06:52 PM
THe IFA has acted by placing a blunt message onto its website (in the public domain!) as noted earlier on this thread. As an IFA member I think that this is an appropiate response. As the unit in question is not an RAO the only other action would be through the courts which would be (very) expensive and the IFA would have to proove malicous intent on behalf of the unit in question (which is hard to see on the facts as presented) and even if so prooven the IFA may not recoup its legal costs - and would end up with the same result i.e. the unit in question promising not to do it again. It is hard to see what other actions are possible or indeed plausible?