As its petition to abolish leaseholds in the UK reaches over 26,000, the National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) today unveiled its Mayday Pledge to bring justice for the more than six million Brits trapped in what is widely tipped to be the next mis-selling scandal. The not-for-profit organisation has devised different pledges for developers, freeholders and […]
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Even if you only respond to one question, take part in the Law Commission consultation!
By Sebastian O’Kelly LKP and the National Leasehold Campaign are organising a public meeting for leaseholders with the Law Commission tomorrow afternoon. Law Commissioner Professor Nicholas Hopkins and his team will explain their work on enfranchisement, lease extension and commonhold. Other speakers will include Professor Susan Bright, of Oxford University, and barrister Amanda Gourlay. There […]
Google removes FS Legal’s advertisement ‘falsely implying affiliation’ with NLC
… but it was all a mistake, says law firm Google has removed an online advertisement by compo law firm FS Legal for “breaching our policies and falsely implying affiliation with NLC (National Leasehold Campaign)”. Google has informed LKP, its MP patrons and the co-founders of the NLC: “Our team has reviewed this ad and […]
Law Commission meets leaseholders in Manchester
But will its reforms help 100,000 trapped in unsellable homes? The Law Commissioner Professor Nicholas Hopkins and his five-strong team came to Manchester yesterday to address 120 leaseholders organised by LKP and the National Leasehold Campaign group. He was joined by Justin Madders, Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, an official from the DHCLG […]
LKP London meeting for leaseholders November 10
… and Manchester November 3 London Leaseholder Event Your chance to meet the Law Commissioner Professor Nick Hopkins and provide your input on enfranchisement. Come and see Law Commissioner Professor Nick Hopkins speak about the Commission’s recent Consultation Paper, how the proposed reforms would affect leaseholders and how you can contribute to the debate. The […]
‘Compo’ law firm FS Legal threatens libel action against National Leasehold Campaign co-founder
FS Legal, a law firm seeking compensation for leaseholders over the ground rent scandal, is threatening a defamation action over a Tweet by one of the volunteer co-founders of the National Leasehold Campaign Facebook group. Joanne Darbyshire, who is also an LKP trustee, posted her Tweet – now deleted – after FS Legal partner Gareth […]
New trustees and changes at LKP
The Leasehold Knowledge Partnership announces changes today that will secure the organisation and prepare it for an enhanced role in the reform of leasehold. Sebastian O’Kelly has stood down as an LKP trustee and becomes the chief executive, tasked with taking on intern staff and freelancers assisted by the Open Data Institute, where we are […]
Taylor Wimpey has paid out only £11.2m of the supposed £130m to sort the doubling ground rent scam
… And £30 million to remove Grenfell cladding from the sites it built Taylor Wimpey has paid out only £11.2 million of the £130 million it set aside to address the doubling ground rent scam it inflicted on its customers between 2007 and 2011. During that period, the plc housebuilder dreamed up highly aggressive ground […]
MPs turn out in force to welcome leaseholder demonstrators at Westminster
MPs turned out in force this morning to meet leasehold demonstrators organised by the National Leasehold Campaign, most of who arrived by coach from the North West. Sir Peter Bottomley and Jim Fitzpatrick, patrons of LKP and co-chairs of the APPG on leasehold reform, were on hand, as was Justin Madders, the deputy chair who […]
APPG July 11: Taylor Wimpey deserves no praise for its cheating RPI ground rent relief scheme, says leasehold house customer
… What I want what was promised: my freehold for £5,000 Freehold owners are desperate to nobble the ground rent capitalisation rate before reforms By Joanne Darbyshire Speech at APPG on July 11 2018 Jo was also on BBC R4 You and Yours yesterday, which can be heard here at 35 mins in: Treatments for […]
Louie Burns publishes £2.63 ebook guide for leaseholders
And he is giving the proceeds to the National Leasehold Campaign and LKP Louie Burns (right), the pugnacious MD of Leasehold Solutions, has published an ebook guide today called “The leaseholder’s simple guide to leasehold”. Louie Burns is absolutely alone in the professional leasehold sector in deprecating this form of tenure, its repeated unfairness and […]
The Sun says … ‘thousands trapped in leasehold homes due to spiralling ground rent costs’
An excellent piece in the Sun by Hollie Borland, the Digital Consumer Reporter, appeared at the weekend giving a resume of the leasehold scandal pegged to the Which? report into the issue. It has the point that some leaseholders said they were charged £252 to own a pet or £60 to change a doorbell. But it […]
Taylor Wimpey’s snake oil ground rent review scheme makes toxic leases even worse: in my case, £25m worse!
Changing doubling ground rents to RPI allows a quick sale or enfranchisement but loads the freehold with revenues My 250-year lease with doubling ground rents add up to £1.9 million, but RPI ones add up to £25 million! Communities Select Committee needs to haul in the housebuilders By Joanne Darbyshire I bought my home from […]
Has Taylor Wimpey done just enough to avoid being successfully sued?
Taylor Wimpey’s deal with Adriatic Land to vary doubling ground rents to those linked with RPI are the minimum it could do to prevent being sued. Extending the deal even to those who have bought these leases on resale – ie not directly from Taylor Wimpey – covers that issue as well. But one hitch […]
APPG tells MPs: Ban ground rents. Introduce commonhold. Summons housebuilders to select committee. End rip-off ‘fleasehold’ permission fees on managed estates
Ground rents should simply be banned; commonhold introduced and made compulsory; developers should be summoned for ‘Philip Green’ shaming by select committees; and rip-off ‘fleasehold’ permission fees should be ended. These were issues discussed at a standing-room only meeting of All Party Parliamentary Group on leasehold and commonhold on Monday, that attracted more than 100 […]
Who are Dublin-based Boardwalk Finance DAC and Jetty Finance DAC? Why do they own freeholds to people’s homes? And why are they based abroad?
Who are Dublin-based Boardwalk Finance DAC and Jetty Finance DAC? Why do they own freeholds to people’s homes? And why are they based abroad? Boardwalk Finance DAC and Jetty Finance DAC, which share the same offices in Dublin, emerge as large scale owners of UK residential freeholds, according to the Guardian today. Jetty Finance DAC […]
