The fastest way to lose time on a building project is often to save ten minutes at the wrong moment, usually just before the cavity is closed, the riser is boxed in, the window reveal is covered, or the services are hidden above a ceiling, because that is the point at which the work moves from being available for inspection to being dependent on memory, records and trust, and it is often where later defects, disputes and remedial costs quietly begin. The present challenge is

Following the very interesting Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors Forum webinar on Hart v Fidler, presented by barrister Howard Smith of Radcliffe Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. I have gone back to the case papers, the judgment extracts, and the commentary, and I have tried to set out why this case matters for us, practising party wall surveyors who are being asked to award work that depends on temporary works being carried out correctly. The attraction of Hart v Fidler for those who

Boundary surveying is a specialist area of professional practice for identifying, analysing and recording the legal position of a properties boundary lines, it sits at the intersection of land law, historical conveyancing and physical construction, and it is frequently required where uncertainty, proposed development pressure or neighbour disputes may arise. In England and Wales, most registered land is held under the general boundaries rule, thus meaning that Land Registry t