Electricity Wayleaves, Easements and Consents: Litigation, Practice and Procedure

Publisher: Estates Gazette Books

Authors: Gary O'Brien & Charles Hamer

Price: £29.99

Edition: 1st Edition (July 2007)

ISBN: 978-0-7282-0505-5

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For many practitioners, electricity wayleaves is a complex and often avoided area of law.  It is perceived (and rightly so) to be a complex area of law and a mixture of statutory and common law principles.  It also covers areas like compulsory purchase compensation and land law.  Anyone writing a text on this topic therefore had a tough job to distil this information into a text.  Whilst Electricity Wayleaves, Easements and Consents: Litigation, Practice and Procedure largely manages to do this, those readers looking for a more detailed account may need to look elsewhere.

Written by an experienced solicitor and surveyor, Electricity Wayleaves, Easements and Consents: Litigation, Practice and Procedure is separated into twelve chapters covering topics like necessary wayleaves, wayleave payments, compulsory purchase powers, applications to the Lands Tribunal and types of electricity infrastructure.  The breath of coverage means that the text has a broad base and covers the basics really well.  It does, however, leave more experienced readers or those advising on technical issues wanting more and gives little guidance where to find the answers.

Electricity Wayleaves, Easements and Consents: Litigation, Practice and Procedure is largely well-written.  It does, however, feel at times that the authors skim over some of the more complex issues to maintain the text's size and comprehensive coverage.  This is disappointing and could, in part, be resolved by the authors including more detailed coverage in footnotes.  That said, it has a number of superb features including making excellent use of diagrams to explain complex issues or principles: the authors should be applauded for this approach.

For many lawyers or surveyors, Electricity Wayleaves, Easements and Consents: Litigation, Practice and Procedure will be a useful text to keep close to hand.  It provides an excellent overview of the material meaning those who do not regularly deal with this area can quickly become familiar with the basics.  More experienced lawyers or surveyors may, however, find the detail somewhat lacking meaning that whilst principles are understood, their detail and application remains a little more difficult to understand.

Reviewed on 23 August 2009

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