On-Demand Content

On-demand online courses by leading property experts

Sessions 1 & 2: Party Walls

  • What works are ‘notifiable’ under the Act
  • The procedural requirements of the Act
  • The consequences of non-compliance with the Act
  • The implications for successors in title and how to address them
  • Reclaiming costs under the Act
  • Complications and pitfalls – and how to avoid them
  • Case examples and the lessons they teach

Sessions 3 & 4: Rights to Light 

  • Rights to light – what to do when they arise
  • What they are and how they are acquired
  • How you can prevent them accruing and how to extinguish them
  • How light is traditionally measured; including an emerging approach
  • Valuation of damages
  • How to avoid being injuncted
  • The essential early planning and due diligence
    • Protect rights during the planning stages of development projects
    • Avoid potential challenges later on when it may be too late
    • Help with negotiations
    • Assistance in a dispute situation
    • Mitigating risks
  • Insurance options
  • Case examples: a look at examples to highlight crucial lessons

Session 5: Daylight and Sunlight 

  • What is Daylight and Sunlight – how does it differ from Rights to Light?
  • Planning Policy and Guidance, including the new BS EN 17037
  • Principles of Daylight and Sunlight
    • Solar Glare
    • Overshadowing
    • Relationship to Overheating and Energy Use and Occupants Well-Being
  • Measurement methods
  • Judicial Reviews, Secretary of State and Appeal Decisions
  • Practical lessons to be leant – with the use of a case study