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Does the wall in question fall into one of the following definitions:
A wall is a "party wall" if it stands astride the boundary of land belonging to two (or more) different owners.
A wall is also a "party wall" if it stands wholly on one owner's land, but is used by two (or more) owners to separate their buildings
Walls that are not Party Walls:
These may include boundary walls (a fence wall/garden wall built wholly on one owner’s land) and external walls (the wall of a building built up to but not astride the boundary).
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I see, well I think the best course of action is you continue with the work and see if they take any steps at this stage with a bit of luck they will not have the funds or inclination to proceed with legal action. If they do then the issue I have set out above arises. I trust this assists
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