What is the proper measure of the expenses of making good under Section 7(2) of the Party Wall Etc. Act 1996?

ISSN： 2046-9594

Source： Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, Vol.4, Iss.1, 2015-07, pp. : 45-49

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Abstract

This short paper considers the judgment of Her Honour Judge Taylor in the Central London County Court on 11^th February, 2014 in the case of Jack Breuer v Alba Leccacorvi [2014] PLSCS159. The learned judge concluded that compensation under s.11(8) of the Party Wall Etc. Act 1996 (ie, expenses paid in lieu of the carrying out of work to make good damage) were payable under ordinary common law principles on the basis of diminution in value. This paper challenges that judgment. It argues that the particular wording of s.11(8), which refers to ‘the expenses of such making good’, clearly indicates that compensation is payable on the basis of the cost of rectification. Earlier case law has made it clear that common law remedies are supplanted by the statutory regime of the Act.

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