Galbraith's Building and Land Management Law for Students

Presents accounts of the main areas of the law that affect the industry and its practitioners, with an emphasis on the practical working of the law. This book is useful for students on technician and degree courses in 'built environment' subjects - building construction, surveying, land management, architecture, quantity surveying and planning.

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"Galbraith's Building and Land Management Law for Students, 4th edition" is written for students on technician and degree courses in 'built environment' subjects - building construction, surveying, land management, architecture, quantity surveying and planning. It gives straightforward and readable accounts of the main areas of the law that affect the industry and its practitioners, with the emphasis on the practical working of the law. The fourth edition has been fully revised and the growing importance of the law of the European Union has been recognised by the incorporation of a new chapter. Other significant developments which are examined include: the Arbitration Act 1996; the Housing Grants; Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; alternative dispute resolution; unfair terms in consumer contracts; the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996; the Party Walls Act 1996; Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995; Housing Act 1996 and the General Permitted Development Order 1995.