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Party Wall Notices must come before an Award…or do they?
It can come as a nasty surprise if your neighbour starts work to your party wall without sending you a party wall notice first. But does ...
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Privilege and the party wall surveyor’s file
In a number of cases I have advised on recently the party wall surveyors have declined to provide information from their file on that bas...
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Serving notices by email
On 10 March 2016 the Department for Communities and Local Government approved the first amendment to the Party Wall etc. Act since it was...
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Barnes Basement Collapse
Yesterday afternoon a £3.8m house in The Terrace, Barnes collapsed during a basement excavation. According to the BBC no-one appears to h...
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Bridgland v Earlsmead Estates Limited: unnecessary inconvenience
On 1 July 2015 His Honour Judge Grant handed down judgment in Bridgland v Earlsmead Estates Limited [2015] EWHC B8 (TCC) in which the Tec...
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Sophie Pelham, Solicitor
His professionalism and knowledge of the law means that he is a formidable opponent and devastating in the courtroom. It is no wonder tha...
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Chambers and Partners 2015
Matthew Hearsum is a specialist in party walls and advises on property, construction and engineering disputes. Clients say: “He is ...
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Chambers and Partners 2013
Matthew is particularly sought after for his specialist knowledge of the law concerning party wall matters
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Checking whether a party wall notice is valid
A common problem faced by surveyors is ascertaining whether or not a notice served by or on behalf of a building owner (or more rarely an...
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Limitation periods and the party wall act
This post started life as a discussion on LinkedIn that generated a fair bit of debate, and I thought it would be helpful to surmise what...
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Damages for trespassing foundations
In my last post I looked at what remedies were available to an adjoining owner when faced with underpinning that has encroached onto thei...
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Removing trespassing foundations
Over the last 18 months I have seen an increasing number of cases where the underpinning from one development has encroached upon adjoini...
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Security for expenses part 2 – Forms of security
In my last post I looked at a possible limit on the ability for the adjoining owner to request security for expenses under section 12 of ...
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Security for expenses part 1 Types or work
This is the first of two posts that look at Security for Expenses and, in particular the type of works for which security may be availabl...
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VAT on a party wall surveyor’s fees
It has long been the practice of adjoining owner’s surveyor to make out their invoice to the building owner, because it is usually the bu...
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Can surveyors make a party wall award without a notice?
It had long been thought that party wall surveyors could only make an award if the building owner had served a notice. This was the view ...