Book Shop: Expert Guides & Masterclasses
Browse our collection of specialised books and training materials designed to simplify the complexities of property law. Whether you are looking for the latest case law summaries or in-depth webinars on easements and party walls, you’ll find practical, barrister-led guidance to help you resolve disputes and manage notifiable works effectively.
The Law and Practice of Party Walls (3rd Edition)
In this book, Nick sets out clearly and comprehensively the law relating to party walls and how that law is applied in practice. While written primarily for the benefit of surveyors and solicitors, the book is also intended to be sufficiently accessible to inform anyone serving or receiving a notice under the Act, and the procedures that follow from such notices.
Feedback for the book has been overwhelmingly positive:
- “…this is a book no party wall surveyor should be without!”
- “Mine arrived today and I got no work done because I could not put the book down. Excellent read and well laid out”
- “This is not a book for your bookshelf but to keep at your side for constant reference”
- “It gives clear and concise explanations of… difficult areas of law”
- “Just brought the book today – totally brilliant – thanks”
Where is my boundary?
This book provides an easy to read guide as to how property owners in England and Wales can go about working out where the boundary between their own and their neighbour’s property is.
Written for the layperson, it also provides valuable information for property professionals, particularly surveyors, who deal with boundary issues in their work. The book tells you which documents to review, what other evidence might be helpful or relevant, and how to avoid common, costly mistakes.
It also gives you useful tips on avoiding boundary disputes escalating into legal proceedings, and how to resolve such disputes if they have already gone that far.
The New Party Wall Casebook
The New Party Wall Casebook is a comprehensive reference for party wall surveyors, architects, engineers, and lawyers who work with Party Wall matters. Act 1996.
It contains case summaries of 65 party wall cases – covering authoritative cases pre-dating the current Act, authoritative cases under the current Act, and a selection of County Court decisions under the current Act which illustrate its application in practice.
The case summaries set out the facts and decisions in each case, highlighting the key points and significance of each decision, along with expert commentary. As well as a copy of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 cross-referenced to those cases, the book also contains relevant extracts from the historic London Building Acts, together with a table cross-referencing those extracts with their modern equivalent.
This book also complements Nicholas Isaac’s The Law and Practice of Party Walls.
Guidance to Enforcing Awards in the County Court
These notes are intended to guide you through enforcing the payment of monies due to you under an award made under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) in the County Court.
The Rights of Light Casebook
This book contains easy-to-understand case summaries of the key cases relevant to rights of light in England and Wales. It is aimed primarily at rights of light surveyors and surveyors generally, but may also be of interest to legal professionals operating in this area of law.
The book contains 36 case summaries, presented chronologically so that the reader gains an impression of how the law in this area has developed. Each case summary includes a brief overview, a summary of the facts and the court’s decision, and the author’s commentary on the significance of the case.
Extracts from statutes relevant to rights of light law appear towards the end of the book, including the Prescription Act 1832 and the Rights of Light Act 1959.
