Assignment on Property Law Sample
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Case and legal liabilities.........................................................................................................3Refernce...........................................................................................................................................92
Introduction Common law is known as the body of law which derived from a legal choice of courtsand similar tribunals. There are various acts according to which rights of people can be preventedand action can be taken against those from whom an individual or property get harmed. Thepresent report is based on the scenario of MajorForce contractor Ltd who was selected developeras the Main Contractor so that it can work on the basis of contract near to the City Centre ofManchester designated as an area for redevelopment under the Local Plan. The present studycovers the legal framework relating to the Party Wall Act. Apart from this any mitigatingcircumstances and defences in the case will be identified. Case and legal liabilitiesAccording to the given case, Majorforce contractors ltd has been appointed by adeveloper to work on the basis of contract as the main contractor near the city center ofManchester. He is designated as an area for re-development as per the local plan. The site ofconstruction was a 15-story apartment block valued in the region. The further Majorforcecontractor has appointed KwikBuild Ltd as a sub-contractor for undertaking the work based onthe design provided by Newtown. This work is considered under the Party wall act 1996. As perthis act, there is a procedure for solving out the conflicts that can take between the owners andneighbouring properties which is ascending as an outcome of one owner purpose to carry outworks which can affect the neighbouring property. It includes the construction, of a party wall orboundary wall among 2 properties or excavation at the certain distance of a neighbouringstructure (Rust, 2017). Further, the wall act 1996 it shows the procedural framework at whichsome categorise of construction work in the vicinity of neighboring buildings should beconcluded. Regardless of the tile of this act, all the provision is not limited to the given partywalls. However, owners of the party are provided right that they can undertake the constructionwork to the near a boundary or on structures. Along with this they are independent of theresponsibility for structures. In the construction work, a section 6 of party wall act is applied in 3 differentcircumstances in which one of the adjacent excavation. This adjacent excavation can be carriedout by owner near close to the boundary (Atkinson and Wright, 2014). This circumstance isidentified in the given case as before starting this work a formal notice Newton should be givenwith explaining the purpose of excavations on the grocers. However, the owner of the adjoining3
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