The Party Walls etc. Act 1996 comes into force in February 1997. The Act extends the broad provisions of the London Buildings Acts to the whole of England and Wales, and creates a nationwide framework for dealing with the complex and often expensive disputes between property owners over the repair and maintenance of a party wall. This work offers an analysis of the new provisions and how they will work in practice. It explains the new rights and remedies created concerning the building of new walls, repairs and excavations. The book also sets out the new dispute resolution procedures introduced by the Act which aim to reduce the number of disputes ending in litigation.