Project No. 44

Commenced: 1973
Completed: 1986

The reference arose out of the concerns of some local authorities that they did not have adequate power to control excavations that might affect the support to adjoining land and buildings, or to control the filling of land so as to prevent the fall of soil onto adjoining land. The terms of the reference, however, extended to include consideration of both the common law and statutory remedies available to the adjoining owners.