David Bowden & Associates

DAVID BOWDEN & ASSOCIATES

CHARTERED BUILDING SURVEYORS

partywalls@davidbowden.co.uk

Specialising in boundaries in England and Wales- where they are and what rights exist across them. Working on the edge - facilitating construction in the urban environment, helping to maximise site use, minimise cost and delay caused by neighbours, and protecting the rights of owners of land and buildings from building works and associated activities nearby.

Contents

Introduction to the Party Wall etc Act 1996
Section 2 of the Party Wall etc Act 1996
Section 6 of the Party Wall etc Act 1996
The right to cause damage under the Act
The right to compensation under the Act
A sample party structure notice
A sample foundation notice
A sample draft award
Whether the Act is a statutory arbitration
Enforcement of an award
Practice Direction 49G
The Arbitration Act 1996
Personal profile
Disclaimer and copyright notice

Papers in pdf format

Validity of Process
The Surveyor as Arbitrator
Arbitration Paper

"Arbitration Paper" is an earlier and longer version of "The Surveyor as Arbitrator" and also has appendices.

"The Surveyor as an Arbitrator" and "Validity of process" were both published in a slightly different form in the John Anstey Memorial issue of Structural Survey, owned by MCB University Press.

Copyright in those two articles is held by MCB UP Limited,
60/62 Toller Lane, Bradford,
West Yorkshire,
England BD8 9BY
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 777700 Fax: +44 (0) 1274 785200

Links

Her Majesty's Stationery Office
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 complete
DTLR Explanatory notes on the Party Wall etc Act
The Arbitration Act 1996 complete
The European Convention
Party Wall Case Summaries
The Pyramus & Thisbe Club
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
The Royal Institute of British Architects
The Woolf Report
The Civil Procedures Rules
The Party Wall Discussion Forum

Further information

When time permits, brief answers can be given by e-mail or telephone to questions relating to the contents of these pages and related topics including, the application of the Party Wall etc Act whether as an owner, occupier, or appointed surveyor, difficulties encountered with building works, boundary disputes, rights over adjacent property, or just problems with neighbours. No liability will be accepted and no charge made.

Advice generally being worth what you pay for it, more detailed advice and opinions on particular matters, on a fee paying basis with a preliminary estimate if required, is available from David Bowden

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DAVID BOWDEN & ASSOCIATES CHARTERED BUILDING SURVEYORS

27 Selby Road London E11 3LT UK Tel +44 (0) 20 7377 9494

partywalls@davidbowden.co.uk

Web site first opened November 1997
Last updated August 1999