Party Walls

An accessible roadmap to the complexities of party wall disputes

Party Wall Disputes: The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and Beyond - Legal Coherence and Dispute Management meets the need for a roadmap to the main areas of law and fact relevant to party wall disputes:

•  Statutes, including a detailed analysis of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and other relevant legislation,

•  Property rights, such as rights of way, rights of support, drainage rights  and rights linked to easements,

•  Tort, such as nuisance related to noise and vibration and breaches of rights  to light, and

•  Factual matters, such as structural issues.

In addition, this book maps out the available dispute management options, both under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 as well as alternative dispute resolution methods (such as arbitration, mediation, medi-arb, expert determination, early neutral evaluation). The result is an invaluable resource for lawyers, party wall surveyors, construction professionals, academics and property owners who encounter or are interested in party wall disputes.

“I can say with confidence that Dr Lintott has done the professions both of the law and of surveying in particular, as well as property owners, a great service in providing something of a stocktake…, where the tectonic plates of title, use of land, statute and common law, easements, planning and construction codes, rights, liabilities and obligations all meet. … She is mindful of the reality that party wall practice is ultimately driven by mutual proprietorial and essentially practical considerations …” —THE EARL OF LYTTON