Subjects:

Property Law

Contents:

Determining boundaries.

Sale of land.

Boundary disputes.

Party walls.

Hedges.

Duty to fence.

Rights of entry.

Miscellaneous.

Appendices - statutes,

SIs.

The new ninth edition of this practical guide offers expert and concise guidance on the law surrounding the determination and contesting of boundaries. Its comprehensive coverage includes key legislation, as well as guidance through the regimes of notices and counter notices governing construction and repair of walls on the line of junction of properties; rules on excavation; compensation, and rights of entry.

New coverage in this edition includes the provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 relating to high hedges, the references to boundaries in the Land Registration Act 2002; the Land Registry Rules about acquisition of land by prescription; new case law; the impact of Commonhold; new rules on preserving important hedges; and the new Ordnance Survey expert witness service.

• Practical, indepth guidance offering answers to the many problems that can arise
  
• Includes examples of case law
  
• Diagrams clearly illustrate the different issues
  
• Well-respected author is an authority on the subject.