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2. The specific paragraphs or terms of the Act that have been breached:
Section 1 - New building on line of junction.
This section shall have effect where lands of different owners adjoin and —
1 (b) are built on at the line of junction only to the extent of a boundary wall (not being
a party fence wall or the external wall of a building), and either owner is about to build
on any part of the line of junction.
If a building owner desires to build a party wall or party fence wall on the line of
junction he shall, at least one month before he intends the building work to start, serve
on any adjoining owner a notice which indicates his desire to build and describes the
intended wall.
(1) A building owner shall not exercise any right conferred on him by this Act in such a
manner or at such time as to cause unnecessary inconvenience to any adjoining
owner or to any adjoining occupier.
(2) The building owner shall compensate any adjoining owner and any adjoining
occupier for any loss or damage which may result to any of them by reason of any
work executed in pursuance of this Act.
3. The manner in which they have been breached: