On 26/09/2020 18:16, John Smith wrote:
This has come up on another forum. Let's say you specialise in
repairing/servicing vintage hi-fi. A customer brings a system to you to
repair the record deck but you see that the high voltage valve/capacitor
components are in a dangerous state. The customer says just service the
deck.

Do you have any duty to decline the repair/service as you can't return
the system in a safe state? Or any liability if you do?

I appreciate this isn't the same as say a gas boiler.

Walk away. It isn't worth the hassle. "My insurance would be invalid if
I did an incomplete repair, so I'm sorry, but I can't touch it."

This is a common situation with aerial and dish work. They want it
'patching up'. You can't do it. It could fall and kill somebody.

This is also a nightmare for the vehicle repairers.

Bill