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Mike Parrett Building Pathology DVD Series - Law and Litigation

Building Pathology DVD Series - Law and Litigation

What are the precedents that govern liability in cases of building failure? What are the relevant cases? What will surveyors be asked in court? What evidence is required? This programme covers all current pertinent legislation and features a dramatised re-enactment of the landmark case on the use of building pathology evidence in court. 












DVD Topics:
   
Current Legislation – a conversation with barrister Stephen Evans.
 
1. Section 11 & Section 4
  Section 11 of the Landlord & Tenant act 1985
  Section 4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972
 
2. The causal link
  London Borough of Southwark v McIntosh (2001) 47 EG 145
 
3. Statutory nuisance
  Environmental Protection Act 1990
  Birmingham DC v Kelly (1985) 17 HLR 572
 
4. Housing Act 2004

5. Home inspector ethos
  Assessment of risk
 
6. The hospital case
  A case of negligence?
  Latent Damages Act 1986
  Cavalier v Pope (1906) AC 428, HL
 
7. Damages & compensation
  Wallace v Manchester City Council (1998) 30 HLR 1111
  Shine v English Churches Housing Group (2004) HLR 42
 
8. Specific performance
  Section 17 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
 
9. Civil Procedure Rules 1998
  Single joint experts
 
10. Defending a claim
  Section 11(3) of the Landlord and Tenant Act
  Breach of covenant to give quiet enjoyment
 
11. Submission of evidence
  Standards of proof in civil & criminal actions
 
12. Gaining access

13. Interim Injunctions
  Parker v LB of Camden (1986) Ch 1962
 
14. Penal notices

15. The future
  The importance of pathology
 
16. A Day in Court
  Re-enactment of typical legal case, illustrating the power of pathologically-derived evidence.
 
Bonus Section
  Decent Homes Initiative 
 

 

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