Boundary Disputes - The RICS 4th Edition Guide for Property Professionals

Introduction

This webinar will cover the main items contained within the 4th Edition (March 2021) and will explain the thinking behind each.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Brief history of the Boundary Standard (from Guidelines in 1989 to present day)
• Boundary terminology
• The difference between legal and surveying terminology
• Competence - the necessary surveying requirements
• Setting up the project and conflict of interest check
• Anticipated role; expert or adviser? Full report or preliminary report?
• Identifying the requirements
• The types of dispute
• Research; what is provided and what is not
• Title Deeds
• Registered Title
• Extrinsic evidence
• Factual evidence
• Ordnance Survey mapping
• The site inspection, measured survey and photography
• Photographs
• Aerial photographs
• The measured survey
• Instructing other specialist surveyors and advisers
• The report
• Meetings between surveyors
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Litigation
• Recording the outcome in HMLR
• Application for a Determined Boundary

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 27th January 2025

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