Party Wall Surveyors as Expert Witnesses: Scope Limitations and Boundary Determination Pitfalls from Recent Litigation

Over a third of surveying expert witness reports reviewed in recent UK construction litigation were found to contain opinions that exceeded the expert's stated area of competence — and party wall surveyors are disproportionately represented in that statistic [9]. As courts tighten their scrutiny of expert evidence, the question of what a party wall surveyor […]












