Cases - Reeves v Blake [2010]

Record details

Name

Reeves v Blake

Date

[2010]

Citation

1 WLR 1

Legislation

Party Wall etc. Act 1996

Keywords

Party walls – awarding legal costs by award - pre issue litigation costs

Summary

In this case the adjoining owner was awarded legal costs by an award, such costs being pre-issue litigation costs incurred by her in preparation for injunction proceedings which were avoided at the eleventh hour by an undertaking given by the building owner. The Court of Appeal (approving Onigbanjo v Pearson) held that while legal costs were in principle recoverable under the Act, they should be the costs of advice in relation to the Act, not litigation costs.