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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...
The High Court has recently found that a dispute resolution clause in an agreement between a building owner and an adjoining owner can r...
In my last post I discussed the effect of an express declaration in a deed that a wall was a party wall. But what is the position where t...
A recent case in the High Court has underlined that Building Owners who commence works in breach of the Party Wall Act will be given very...
Statutory appeals, such as an appeal under section 10(17) the Party Wall Act , can take one of two forms; an appeal by way of rehearing, ...
Where the building owner infringes an adjoining owner’s property rights, for example by enclosing upon their wall, the surveyors ma...
Tricky situations can arise where there is more than one owner of land or buildings that are subject to the Party Wall Act, as it may not...
The Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in Nelson’s Yard Management Co v Eziefula [2013] EWCA Civ 235, a case concerning whether...
In Freetown Limited v Assethold Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 1657 a party wall appeal under section 10(17) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, th...
In July 2011 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Jones & Lovegrove v Ruth & Ruth [2011] EWCA Civ 804. The case is int...
In August 2011 the Court of Appeal decided the case of Hirose Electrical UK Limited v Peak Ingredients Limited [2011] EWCA Civ 987, and c...
Many party wall surveyors will be familiar with the difficulties of dealing with party walls in relation to permitted development. It is ...
It has long been thought that an adjoining owner could only request security from the building owner under s. 12(1) of the Party wall etc...
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