9/12/2025 4:11:37 PM Devonshires and Five Paper host joint conference on the changing legislative environment housing providers are facing By Mark Foxcroft Rebecca Brady On Thursday 11 September, we were delighted to jointly host a conference with Five Paper: “Risks and Opportunities for Housing Providers...
8/28/2025 8:04:57 AM Social Housing publishes article: “Leasehold reform: implications for social housing providers” By Mark Foxcroft I have recently featured in Social Housing, writing an article on “Leasehold reform: implications for social housing providers” . My...
8/1/2025 3:15:46 PM Court of Appeal clarifies consequences of failing to serve Notice of Invitation to Participate on tenant By Mark Foxcroft Jatinder Bhamber In Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Co Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1016, the Court of Appeal determined that a Right to Manage (“RTM”)...
7/9/2025 8:08:54 AM Court of Appeal Blocks Forfeiture after Lease Dispute Settlement By Jatinder Bhamber In a recent decision that clarifies the limits of enforcement following a lease dispute settlement, the Court of Appeal has ruled in...
7/7/2025 8:01:29 AM Consultation announced: Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services By Mark Foxcroft Zoe McLean-Wells This consultation seeks to bring about proposals to implement aspects of Part 4 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ('LAFRA')...
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...