HCDI Certified Independent Reviewer

Unit 4.1 - Independence and the limitation block

Learning outcome - State the limitation block and explain why independence is controlled by HCDI rather than chosen by the reviewer or the partner.

HCDI governance ruleHCDI governance rule (Unit 4.1).

The rules. Three conditions: never one's own firm's engagement, never self-selected, and never nominated by the delivering partner. The independence attestation is on file. Certification attests competence. It does not create a right to be assigned.

Worked example (illustrative). A Level 4 holder is told by a friend at a delivering Firm: "We would like you to review ours." The holder cannot accept that request. Assignment is HCDI's, and a nomination by the delivering partner is one of the three things the limitation block rules out. Common Error. Treating Level 4 as a licence to be assigned.