Case Summaries and Cases

Mills v Savage (Unreported, 15th June 2016) Central London County Court Transcript available from: Mills v Savage CLCC 15th June 2016 Summary:  This was a hearing of three preliminary issues in relation to three separate party wall appeals brought by the Mills against Read More

Judicial Review of Magistrates’ Court enforcement of Party Wall Awards; scope of awards; joining surveyors to Party Wall Appeals. Authorised judgment here: Farrs Lane Development Ltd (R on the application of) v Bristol Magistrates’ Court (Judgment)

Preliminary issue; validity of notice; waiver/estoppel re invalid notice; scope of jurisdiction. Authorised judgment here: Schmid v Hulls (Approved Judgment) B02EC345

Application of section 10(4) of the Act – appointing the ‘other side’s surveyor’; invalid Addendum Award. Authorised judgment here: Property Supply and Development Ltd v Verity 17th December 2015

Chaturachinda v Fairholme (Unreported, 23rd September 2015)   Transcript available from:  Chaturachinda v Fairholme B20CL030    Summary  This was HHJ Bailey’s decision on the preliminary issue of whether a particular design of underpinning to be used in a basement extension constituted special foundations for the Read More

Bibizadeh v Dodosh (Unreported, 15th September 2015) Central London County Court   Transcript available at: Bibizadeh v Dodosh B20CL043    Court:  This is a decision of HHJ Bailey at the Central London County Court.  It is not, therefore, binding on other county courts, although as a decision Read More

Gray v Elite Town Management (Unreported, 23rd July 2015) Central London County Court   Transcript available from: Gray v Elite Town Management 23rd July 2015 (1)  Summary:  In an appeal against a third surveyor’s award approving mass underpinning of the party wall, the adjoining Read More

Longmire v Maldura  (Unreported, 29 January 2015) Central London County Court  Click here for the transcript. Summary:  Surveyors appointed under the 1996 Act hold a quasi-judicial function.  The appointed surveyors cannot delegate that quasi-judicial function to others – even to assistants in their Read More