3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Ben Halsey Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft 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...
3/13/2025 9:09:58 AM Adverse Possession: 10 years immediately preceding or any 10 years? By Zoe McLean-Wells Lucy Vannet The Supreme Court recently published its landmark judgment in the case of Brown (Respondent) -v- Ridley and Another (Appellants) which...
3/5/2025 11:15:32 AM The Crime and Policing Bill- what does it mean for housing providers? By Victoria Smith The Crime and Policing bill (‘the Bill’) was introduced to House of Commons and had its first reading on 25 February 2025. The second...
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...
2/7/2025 3:37:23 PM Awaab's Law - UPDATE By Victoria Smith A press release from the MHCLG has confirmed that from October, social landlords will be forced to investigate and fix dangerous damp and...
1/10/2025 3:50:08 PM Housing Ombudsman's new power to issue Good Practice will focus on relationship management By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison Good Practice is a power introduced by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and has been developed through consultation with...
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...
11/4/2024 9:11:02 AM Abandonment and the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 By Megan Wood Victoria Smith The way an ‘abandoned’ property can be recovered is different in Wales than in England. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 ('the Act')...
10/2/2024 2:24:15 PM PFI Expiry - But what about NHS LIFT? By Caroline Mostowfi Much has been written over the last 12 months or so stressing the need to take positive action in preparation for the expiry of...
10/2/2024 1:48:43 PM News on measures to ensure decent homes for all By Devonshires It has been announced that the Government will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard ('the Standard') for the rented sectors. We have...