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The Party Wall Casebookby Paul Chynoweth
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 135.99The Party Wall Casebook , now available in paperback, is an essential reference tool for surveyors, architects, engineers and lawyers. It provides a comprehensive analysis of over 80 leading cases which define the courts’ approach to the Party Wall etc Act 1996 and the related common law rules. For ease of reference, the book contains an alphabetical digest of cases with an extensive subject index. The facts, key issues and decision in each case are summarised to provide easy access for the busy practitioner. The legal basis for each decision is also explained in clear, jargon-free language. The book is illustrated and extracts from relevant statutes appear throughout the text. An introductory chapter also places the cases in their... more...
LAXTON'S BUILDING PRICE BOOK 2007by V B Johnson
Elsevier Science & Technology 2006; US$ 195.00Now in its 179th edition, Laxton?s has become a firm favourite in the UK Building Industry. With more prices and more in-depth build-ups, Laxton?s offers more practical and complete information than any other price book available This new edition takes into account major price variations that stem frm raw material costs in the last few months. * Higher-fuel costs have impacted on prices across the board, in particular costs of non-ferrous metals in increased * Copper sheet and pipe show prince increases of well above 50% in the last year, while zinc, lead and aluminium prices have also risen significantly * There are savings in plaster and drainage goods, prices are down All the prices in Laxton's are based on the new 3 year Construction... more...
A New Landlord and Tenantby Peter Sparkes
Hart 2001; US$ 264.00This book is designed to complement the author?s A New Land Law,integrating with that work in its simplified terminology, and emphasising a three-fold functional classification of leases ? short residential tenancies, long residential leases and commercial leases. Rented housing is treated as a unified whole, with particular prominence being given to shorthold arrangements. The book includes reference to the changes to the allocation and homelessness regimes proposed by Part II of the Homes Bill 2000. It also considers the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, the changes to repossession procedures implemented by the Woolf Reforms, and the year 2000 bumper crop of decisions on housing law. Leasehold tenure is undergoing dramatic changes. The... more...
The Nature of Customary Lawby Amanda Perreau-Saussine; James B. Murphy
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 33.00A group of philosophers, historians and lawyers assess the nature and significance of customary law. more...
Landlord and Tenant Lawby Susan Bright
Hart 2006; US$ 172.80This unique collection of essays, written by leading practitioners, policy makers and academics, looks at patterns of landlord and tenant law: past, present and future. Each sector is explored - commercial, long residential, housing, and agricultural - by taking a look backwards and forwards. The chapters explore the role that legislative, judicial, and policy developments, and market forces have played, and will continue to play, in shaping the law. Two chapters are devoted to the seminal case of Street v Mountford and its contemporary significance. A comparison is also made with the position in Australia and the United States. The book provides a scholarly reflection on the principles of leasehold law that will be of interest to practitioners,... more...
A New Land Lawby Peter Sparkes
Hart 2003; US$ 86.40Peter Sparkes path-breaking text on land law has been rewritten with two aims in mind: to incorporate the seismic changes introduced by the Land Registration Act 2002,along with commonholds, the explosion of human rights jurisprudence, and the unremittin more...
Rent Boyby Pete May
Garrett County Press 2012; US$ 9.99Pete May spent 20 years failing to get on the property ladder, struggling to find a decent flat in first Thatcher and then Blair?s England. Only rising house prices, rent, shady landlords, eviction notices, washing-up rotas, and asbestos stood between him and independent living. With Dexys Midnight Runners, the Clash, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg blaring from his speakers, May searched all of London for sane roommates and functional plumbing. Finding refuge in a group of like-minded Londoners, he was able to find comedy, hope and love amidst the cycle of packing boxes and heartbreak. This is a story of a real estate misfit ? one that should give hope to anyone making their next flatshare application. more...
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