Party Wall Awards
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News & Insights
The importance of party wall awards before commencing notifiable works
Those familiar with the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (“the Act”) will be aware that it is not an uncommon occurrence to find that a building ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Patel v Peters – Validity of section 10(7) requests
A couple of weeks ago the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Patel v Peters [2014] EWCA Civ 335 in which the Court gave guidance on ...
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Serving documents under the party wall act
Many disputes between owners, and a large proportion of appeals against Party Wall Awards, are caused by notices and other documents eith...
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Alternatives to party wall injunctions
If a building owner starts work without first serving the required notice under the Party Wall Act the adjoining owner can apply to the C...