Steve the party wall surveyor here.
1. Your neighbour csn appoint his friend (not very ethical but he can) but, it is a statutory appointment not a client / agent appointment.
2. They cannot stop you exercising the rigts offered by the party wall act (effectively they cannot stop you doing the...
Hello, Steve the Party Wall Surveyor here - yes a real one..
Some clarification:
whos responsibility is the part wall act? - you are but sometimes a party wall surveyor is engaged to do the notices and letters. you can serve your own notices but you cannot act as your own surveyor...