Letter of instruction to rights of light surveyor—instructed by proposed developer

Produced in partnership with Kate Andrews of Hamlins
Precedents

Letter of instruction to rights of light surveyor—instructed by proposed developer

Produced in partnership with Kate Andrews of Hamlins

Precedents
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PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

[insert name and address of surveyor]

[insert date]

Dear [insert name of surveyor]

[insert case heading]

INSTRUCTIONS TO ACT AS Rights of light SURVEYOR CONFIDENTIAL AND LEGALLY PRIVILEGED LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS/TERMS OF Engagement

I act for [name of client] in connection with the property known as [property description] (the Property) of which my client is the leasehold/freehold [delete as applicable] owner registered at HM Land Registry under title number [insert title number]. I write to confirm my client’s instructions to you to provide a report, along with any follow up reports and/or advice requested (the Report), and potentially in due course to act as expert in any court proceedings, in connection with rights of light issues at the Property arising from the proposed redevelopment of the Property (the Proposed Redevelopment).

You have confirmed that you are a qualified rights of light surveyor and are well versed with being an expert surveyor in relation to whether an interference with a right to light is an actionable interference and, if so, valuing

Kate Andrews
Kate Andrews

Kate is a partner in the Property Litigation department at Hamlins LLP and advises on a wide variety of contentious property-related matters. Her main area of practice is contractual and development disputes, including specific performance claims, injunctions, rights to light, insolvency issues, Party Wall Act disputes and the redevelopment of business premises. She also deals with dilapidations, service charges, applications for consent, rent reviews and other landlord and tenant issues. Kate trained with Nabarro, qualifying in 2003. She joined Hamlins as a partner in 2014.

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United Kingdom
Key definition:
Rights of light definition
What does Rights of light mean?

A right of light is a form of easement that gives a landowner the right to receive light through defined apertures in buildings on its land.

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