Selection of third surveyor; estoppel; enforcement costs. Miss Reeves wished to demolish a single storey rear extension to her property and replace…
Miss Reeves wished to demolish a single storey rear extension to her property and replace it with a larger, single storey extension, both to the rear and to the side of her property. The proposed works engaged section 6 of the Party Wall, such being the vicinity of the works of the excavation to the defendants’ property at 30 Bramble Road
Award made in the absence of notice; validity of retrospective awards. This has been a difficult action for both parties. In the…
Summary: Addendum Award, awarding compensation to the building owner for damage caused by authorised notifiable works, successfully overturned on appeal on the…
Party walls; section 7(2) compensation: Summary: Surveyors have jurisdiction to award compensation under section 7(2), even where the damage suffered, or the…
Party walls; validity of award; appointment of surveyors; oral agreement Summary: Building owners failed in their attempt to set aside an award…
Court: This is a decision of HHJ Bailey at the Central London County Court. It is not, therefore, binding on other county…
Party walls; assessment of damages under cross-undertaking; quantum of loss; causation of loss; trespass; fraud. This is a further judgment in the…