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,
- Torts, 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 under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, in court as well as alternative dispute resolution methods (arbitration, mediation, medi-arb, expert determination and 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
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Dr Laura Lintott LLM PLP (BPP), MA (Oxon), PhD (Cantab), FCIArb is a Solicitor Advocate and International Arbitrator in London. She has extensive experience leading on complex international and domestic construction disputes. Laura is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Visiting Fellow at King's College London where she joined the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution's Taskforce, which responded to the Law Commission's two consultations regarding Arbitration Act 1996 reforms reflected in the Arbitration Bill noted in the King's Speech in 2024. The Arbitration Act 2025 then received Royal Assent on 24 February 2025. Laura contributed a chapter to the book The History of the Technology and Construction Court on its 150th Anniversary, edited by Sir Peter Coulson and Dr David Sawtell. She is a frequent panellist/(podcast) speaker and publishes regularly in numerous journals and periodicals.