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This post started life as part of a discussion on LinkedIn, but I thought the subject deserved more lengthy treatment. An unfortunately common ide...

The Court of Appeal recently considered in Seeff v Ho [2011] EWCA Civ 186 the nature of an alleged oral waiver of the obligations under the Party W...

Many party wall surveyors will be familiar with the difficulties of dealing with party walls in relation to permitted development. It is unfortuna...

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. Act 1996...

Two recent decisions of the High Court send a salutary message to developers who recklessly infringe the property rights of others, and confirms th...

As every party wall surveyor knows, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 has its origins in legislation passed shortly after the Great Fire of London. The...