party wall act A statutory framework that places obligations on the owner who wishes to undertake such development to notify his neighbours in writing of what is proposed. Notices A written form of a letter provided to the adjoining owners informing of the proposed works which fall under the rem...
Neighbourly matters: Is it time to underpin (and build on) the proven effectiveness of The Party Wall etc. Act 1996?Although it is generally highly effective, one of the main problems with The Party Wall etc Act 1996 (the 'Act') is that it has no jurisdiction over works that are not...
Hopefully your neighbour will personally inform you of such intended developments and vice versa if you are developing your Mews. However, your first encounter with party wall matters may be when you receive, through the post, officious looking documents that relate to development plans for neighbou...
Values that differ vastly from one another and clear to any Liberal or Communist, but not so clear to the National Party who merely lumped them in the same boat under their definitions in the anti-Communist Act. So, who are they? Jock Isacowitz Jock Isacowitz joins the South African Army...
In the strange world of the National Party, where “Communism” equated with ‘Liberalism” – the Nationalists made a fatal error. Feeling confident that their hated nemesis ‘Communism’ no longer really posed a threat to their idea of the ‘Western World’ democracy when the Berlin Wall col...
In the UK Jack sets up a workshop producing false passports, letter bombs and fake suitcase bottoms to smuggle covert material into South Africa on behalf of MK. Jack Hogson died in London in 1977, Rica Hodgson returned to South Africa as Walter Sisulu’s secretary after the Communist Party...