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….. which celebrates the Roman god Terminus, who was tasked with the protection of boundary markers. Where Roman estates adjoined they were marked ...
News - 23/02/2013
Today is the Roman festival of “Terminalia...
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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...
News - 08/03/2011
Consent, damages & trespass to a party...
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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...
News - 01/11/2010
Security for expenses – Kaye v Lawrence
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Two recent decisions of the High Court send a salutary message to developers who recklessly infringe the property rights of others, and confirms th...
News - 25/10/2010
Party walls, injunctions and exemplary dam...
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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...
News - 06/10/2010