Liam Spender

FirstPort charges leaseholders 33% commission on temporary staff recruitment

Fees come first for FirstPort: leaseholders billed at least £39,000 for applications to the Building Safety Fund … And so it begins

Curiouser and curiouser: the Building Safety Bill has Second Reading in the Commons

Blatant pro-landlord loophole left in the Ground Rent Bill. Is this the way leasehold ‘reforms’ will go?

Building Safety Bill is a device for which the batteries aren’t included. It could be improved, if only officials would listen …

Make sure ground rents are dead and buried by improving the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill: opportunities and challenges

Leaseholders defeat landlord trying to dodge consultation over a section 20 dispute in Court of Appeal

Fire Safety Bill clears Parliament. So, what’s next?

Fire Safety Bill ricochets around Parliament as 31 Conservative MPs again vote against the government

Lords push government’s Fire Safety Bill to the edge as parliamentary session nears end …

Should the buyer beware? Leaseholders and fire safety remediation costs

Government’s use of extra-statutory powers has made the cladding crisis far worse than in Australia (or possibly Scotland), writes LKP trustee

New Capital Quay Litigation continues, with concern that repairs may still not meet Building Regulations

Bottomley leads Tory rebellion of 32 MPs, but government defeats amendment to Fire Safety Bill

Lords rebellion sees government Fire Safety Bill thrown into disarray

Commons Select Committee hears just how little the government understands of the Building Safety Crisis and leasehold law

Feeble government ministers bankrupted Hayley Tillotson, and will do the same to thousands more …