Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students

Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith’s Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment.

Clearly written and with wide ranging coverage of key legal principles, this textbook highlights the need for students on built environment related courses to access information on how the law relates to their profession, without getting into the heavy detail of the full-scale legal texts. Chapters provide the background to the English legal system before covering key topics such as contract law, tort, health and safety, land law, planning, landlord and tenant, dispute resolution and employment law.

All chapters in this eighth edition have been updated with new case law along with statutory and regulatory changes. The improvements and updates also include:

Challenges and reforms in the aftermath of the Grenfell Fire
Details of latest JCT 2024 and NEC4 construction contracts
Changes to landlords’ requirements on letting property
Updates to the Building Regulations
Significant changes in employment law including new dismissal laws, revised redundancy rules and equality updates

Author Biography

Carrie de Silva is a Visiting Professor of Real Estate Practice Law at Harper Adams University, an Honorary Professor at the Royal Agricultural University, and a consultant trainer with Sava. She has taught on RICS accredited courses, predominantly for rural practice, for towards three decades and delivers CPD, specialising in civil and criminal liability for financial loss or personal injury. She is a former Vice-President of the British Federation of Women Graduates and continues to administer their doctoral scholarships programme. She has written case books on Negligent Valuation, Trees and Plants, Health and Safety, and a Gazetteer of Agricultural Education and Research. Current research interests include early women in the professions.