Expired Faculty Forum Webinar with Howard Smith – Tuesday 3rd February 2026 (virtual)

The Faculty has organised a Forum Webinar which will be presented to you by ZOOM on Tuesday 3rd February 2026 at 4.00 p.m. until 5.30 p.m.

Howard Smith (Barrister) will discuss the following:

Hart v Fidler: A discussion of the implications for party wall surveyors and their duties to clients and appointing owners.

Howard Smith is a chancery barrister at Radcliffe Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn.  He is highly experienced in the field of party walls and has appeared in many of the familiar party wall cases.  He has been the barrister member of the working group responsible for the RICS Party Walls guidance note/practice standard and the RICS Rights of Light guidance note over various editions, and he sits in the High Court as a deputy Chancery Master.

This is an interactive forum with space for questions and answers.

1.5 Hours CPD

CPD certificates will be issued after the event. Please be aware that if you do not join within the first 30 minutes, you will not receive a CPD certificate. We cannot be responsible for anyone that does not attend the zoom meeting and please note that we will not provide video recordings of events that are missed.

Once booked, we will send you the link a day prior to the webinar via email to access the meeting, therefore please make sure that you fill in the contact details correctly on the booking form. For bookings of more than one person, can you please fill in the individual contact details for each person so that we can send the link to both parties.

*Booking expires on the 2nd February 2026*

Please note that forums are non-refundable and non-transferable if you decide not to attend.

We look forward to seeing you.