Douglas Wood, BA, LLB, LLM, Solicitor, is senior lecturer inthe Staffordshire Law School at Staffordshire University. Afterworking in legal practice and the commercial property sector hebecame a full time lecturer in 1975. He is a member of theChartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly gives lectures atcontinental universities on planning and housing law. Paul Chynoweth, BSc, LLB, Solicitor, is senior lecturerin law in the School of the Built Environment, University ofSalford. He is a solicitor, accredited commercial mediator and amember of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and also holds afirst class honours degree in building surveying. He is the authorof The Party Wall Casebook and the editor of theInternational Journal of Law in the Built Environment. Julie Adshead, LLB, LLM is senior lecturer in the SalfordLaw School at the University of Salford. She currently leads CIBTask Group TG69 on Green Buildings and the Law and is a convenor ofthe UK Environmental Law Association, Water Working Party. She isalso the joint programme leader for the Construction Law andPractice master's programme at Salford. Jim Mason, LLB, Solicitor, is senior lecturer in theDepartment of Construction and Property at the University of theWest of England. He is a solicitor and an accredited commercialmediator. He is programme leader for the Quantity Surveying andCommercial Management programme and has recently established aMasters programme in Law for Construction Professionals inconjunction with Pinsent Masons solicitors.