3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...
3/25/2025 11:31:32 AM Upper Tribunal varies flat leases enabling a Right to Manage company to recover costs of service charge enforcement By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Under Part IV of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (the Act), a party to a long lease of a flat can apply to the First-Tier Tribunal...
3/4/2025 11:10:30 AM The Government has announced the beginning of the end of the ‘feudal’ leasehold system By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Shannon Morrison On 3 March 2025, the Ministry of Housing published the Commonhold White Paper which seeks to make landmark reforms on the leasehold...
3/3/2025 8:43:32 AM Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - Sections affecting Right to Manage come into force today By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 sections in relation to the Right to Manage to come into force today (3 March 2025) On the 6...
2/4/2025 8:47:26 AM Further section of LAFRA 2024 comes into force By Zoe McLean-Wells Stavrina Tofallis Following Matthew Pennycook’s November statement outlining the Government’s plans to begin implementing the reforms from the Leasehold...
1/29/2025 4:37:22 PM Remediation Contribution Order for over £13 million granted against 76 companies in new Vista Tower decision By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien On 24 January 2025, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) published their decision making a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO) in the sum of...
11/27/2024 12:24:43 PM Leasehold and Commonhold Reform - An update By Mark Foxcroft Zoe McLean-Wells On 21 November 2024, the Ministry of Housing published a press release announcing their intention to implement further provisions of the...
10/30/2024 11:29:30 AM New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act Regulations amend Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane On 7 October 2024, the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1018)...
8/6/2024 7:58:57 AM Charging Leaseholders for Remedying Structural Defects – a recent Upper Tribunal case By Zoe McLean-Wells The London Borough of Tower Hamlets -v- Lessees of Brewster House and Malting House [2024] UKUT 193 (LC) is a recent Upper Tribunal (UT)...
6/5/2024 8:45:17 AM Shared Ownership and section 166 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 By Jatinder Bhamber Mark Foxcroft Shared ownership is in the spotlight again following the recent judgment in the County Court case of Sovereign Network Homes v Ms Vanessa...
5/28/2024 10:24:56 AM The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 becomes law By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 was given Royal Assent on 24 May 2024. The Act was pushed through in a six month period and...
12/5/2023 12:20:04 PM The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - headlines in relation to lease extension and enfranchisement By Zoe McLean-Wells The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was introduced into Parliament on 27 November 2023. The long awaited Bill includes reform across...