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Realities of leasehold spelled out during the Housing Bill

January 13, 2016 By admin

– Commons urged to back amendment to abolish leasehold by 2020 in favour of commonhold – Tchenguiz, Peverel and Cirrus get another Commons naming – McCarthy and Stone told to explain collapsed second-hand values of retirement flats – Leasehold Knowledge Partnership praised, and thanked for reasonably accurate figures for leasehold sector Labour MP and LKP […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, Latest News, News, Parliament Tagged With: Barry Gardiner MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, Sir Peter Bottomley

Housing Bill omits necessary ‘changes to leasehold and commonhold’

January 7, 2016 By admin

… and forfeiture needs changing, too Housing minister Brandon Lewis is facing trouble over his Housing Bill with Sir Peter Bottomley today telling the commons: “The Bill totally misses out the necessary changes to leasehold and commonhold. “Some years ago, the House passed a Bill to allow commonhold to come in. It has defects and […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, Forfeiture, Latest News, News, Parliament, Sir Peter Bottomley Tagged With: Brandon Lewis, Commonhold, forfeiture, Sir Peter Bottomley

Cherry Trees retirement flat hit by £9,341 sinking fund exit fee ..

January 1, 2016 By admin

… that’s on top of a £26,950 fall in value after 11 years of ownership A family whose parents owned a one bedroom flat at Anchor’s 59-unit Cherry Trees site in Redcar, Cleveland, have been hit with a double whammy common in retirement leasehold. First, the flat for over-55s was bought for £79,950 in 2004 […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, Housing associations, Latest News, News, Retirement Tagged With: Anchor, Anchor Trust, Cherry Trees, Law Commission, Retirement

Commonhold – How did it go so wrong?

October 31, 2015 By Admin2

Commonhold was meant to be a shiny new replacement for leasehold, where each flat owner in a block of flats or each house owner on an estate also owned a share of the company which owns the site. A new system supported by all the main political parties throughout the 1990’s. A system which was […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, DCLG, Latest News, News Tagged With: Commonhold, Housing Minister

Phillips v Francis decision

October 31, 2014 By admin

The full decision in the epic Phillips v Francis case is reproduced below. In what appears to be a draw, LKP is studying the consequences of this on the costs for the long suffering park home owners. PhillipsvFrancis   Key sections: paras 23-27: Discussion 23. In a nutshell, therefore, the Chancellor decided that qualifying works […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, News, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats Tagged With: Phillips v Francis

Phillips v Francis … Pity the poor park home owners

October 15, 2014 By admin

By Martin Boyd Yesterday the law case credited with making the leasehold property management virtually impossible – Phillips and Goddard v Francis – was finally presented in the Court of Appeal. The case concerns leaseholders of 97 holiday chalets at Point Curlew, near Padstow in Cornwell – now called Atlantic Bays Holiday Park –  in […]

Filed Under: Latest News, News, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats Tagged With: Atlantic Bays Holiday Park, Court of Appeal, Lord Dyson, Lord Justice David Kitchin, Martin Francis, Master of the Rolls, Nicholas Kissen, Phillips Goddard v Francis, Phillips v Francis, Point Curlew, Sir Terence Etherton

Council of Mortgage Lenders urged to help LKP end forfeiture

October 13, 2014 By admin

Forfeiture and how to bring it to an end was the subject of a LKP meeting with the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Building Societies Association in London this afternoon. LKP is trying to push the subject of forfeiture up the political agenda: for all leaseholder readers new to this site, forfeiture means you […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, Forfeiture, Latest News, News, Sir Peter Bottomley Tagged With: BSA, Building Societies Association, CARL, CML, Commonhold, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Flood Re, Nigel Wilkins, Sir Peter Bottomley

Less ‘legal torture’ and more happiness in leasehold, says Sir Peter Bottomley

October 9, 2014 By admin

Sir Peter Bottomley made another strong speech over leasehold issues today at the Chartered Institute of Housing meeting in Crawley. It was titled “Less legal torture and more happiness in leasehold”. “All cases of forfeiture should be reported to the Master of the Rolls, who heads the civil courts,” said the MP, who along with […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, Latest News, News, Peverel, Peverel Cirrus story so far, Sir Peter Bottomley, Video Tagged With: Benjamin Mire, Chartered Institute of Housing, Commonhold, Dennis Jackson, Federation of Private Residents Associations, forfeiture, LEASE, Master of the Rolls, Sir Peter Bottomley

Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC considers commonhold after LKP Westminster meeting

July 28, 2014 By admin

By Martin Boyd Following on from LKP’s Westminster meeting on commonhold last month, Guy Fetherstonhaugh, QC, has written an interesting article published in Estates Gazette. Reproduced with its permission, the article highlights the relative merits of the commmonhold versus leasehold systems.

Filed Under: Commonhold, Latest News, News Tagged With: Commonhold, Guy Fetherstonhaugh, Martin Boyd

Judge Siobhan McGrath apologises over Mire debacle

July 17, 2014 By admin

Judge Siobhan McGrath has apologised to the leaseholder whose complaints led to Benjamin Mire losing his judicial appointment. The apology to Colin Dennard, 73, of Ferndown in Dorset, is an acknowledgement that the Residential Property Tribunal Service (RPTS), of which McGrath was the Senior President, bungled the issue. (She is now president of the new Property […]

Filed Under: Benjamin Mire, Latest News, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, News, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats Tagged With: Benjamin Mire, Colin Dennard, Siobhan McGrath, Sir John Brigstocke, Trust Property Management

Freeholder Sean Powell has major works demand slashed by £600,000

July 9, 2014 By admin

But … the bill to Kettering homeowners was more than £1 million, including Sean Powell’s fees of 10% to manage the project – from London – plus the VAT … demands of £42,500 per flat were more than their re-sale value … tribunal throws out vast bills supposedly ‘to comply with building regulations’ … tribunal […]

Filed Under: Latest News, News, Sean Powell, Slider2, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats Tagged With: Carvalho Concept Limited, Gil Miguel De Oliveira Carvalho, Patrick Goubel, Philip Hollobone, Powell & Company Property (Brighton) Limited, Sean Powell

LKP holds Westminster meeting on commonhold

June 28, 2014 By admin

“Millions have an interest in leasehold living. Most would gain when commonhold or strata title becomes the norm.  “This meeting is an important step forward. “In the near future, abuse and misuse and the shortcomings of leasehold can be tackled. “For the future, there should be a timetable to end new residential leaseholds and to […]

Filed Under: Commonhold, FPRA, Latest News, News, Philip Rainey QC, Sir Peter Bottomley Tagged With: Baroness Gardner, Commonhold, Crest Nicholson, Ed Davey, Guy Fetherstonhaugh, James Driscoll, Jim Fitzpatrick, Karen Peel, Lord Best, Martin Boyd, Phillip Rainey QC, Rob Plumb, Sir Peter Bottomley

West India Quay’s victory against £74,560 legal onslaught … for a recognised residents’ association

May 24, 2014 By admin

  Giving recognition to a residents’ association at the most exclusive apartment block in Canary Wharf posed the sort of “risks that you see with the trade unions”, the First-Tier Tribunal was told last Thursday. The remark was made by the freeholder’s professional witness, chartered surveyor Bruce Maunder Taylor – and was greeted with guffaws […]

Filed Under: Canary Riverside, News, Recognised Tenants' Association, Slider2, West India Quay Tagged With: Aileen Hamilton-Farey, Bruce Maunder Taylor, Canary Riverside, Edwin Johnson, Jane Hewland, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Christodoulou, Marathon Estates, Martin Boyd, Tim Powell, West India Quay, Yianis Group

Legal army to stop West India Quay getting … a recognised residents’ association

March 31, 2014 By admin

Giving recognition to a residents’ association at the most exclusive apartment block in Canary Wharf posed the sort of “risks that you see with the trade unions”, the First-Tier Tribunal was told last Thursday. The remark was made by the freeholder’s professional witness, chartered surveyor Bruce Maunder Taylor – and was greeted with guffaws of […]

Filed Under: John Christodoulou, News, Recognised Tenants' Association, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats, West India Quay Tagged With: Bruce Maunder Taylor, Edwin Johnson, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Christodoulou, Lorrells, Marathon Estates, Martin Boyd, Richard Paul, Steven Hughes, West India Quay, Yianis Group

Find MP … and see how many leasehold voters they have

March 14, 2014 By admin

The LKP study into leasehold numbers also includes all the  MPs in England and Wales with how many leasehold properties are in their constituencies. The list is at the bottom of the report which can be accessed: here The figures show totals for a constituency and the percentage of leaseholder voters. In any correspondence with […]

Filed Under: Find MP ... and see how many leasehold voters, News

Imperial Hall beats off £12,366 claim from Sterling Estates Management

March 10, 2014 By admin

  Residents at Imperial Hall beside the “silicon round-about”, north of the City, have defeated a £12,366 claim from its former freeholder for outstanding management fees. The demand failed at the First-Tier Tribunal last week, even though the freeholder’s solicitor Roger Hardwick, of Brethertons, took the unusual step of supplying a witness statement in support […]

Filed Under: News, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeats Tagged With: Columbia House (No 3 ) Limited, Imperial Hall, Phillip Sherrard, Roger Hardwick, Shalim Ahmed, Sterling Estates Management

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Lawyers offer pro bono aid to leaseholder facing QC in £24,000 dispute in Upper Tribunal

Solicitor Mari Knowles and barrister Justin Bates have offered their services pro bono to leaseholder Michelle Baharier who is fighting a £24,000 Upper Tribunal case against a QC. The lawyers, who are both working on the leasehold reform agenda at the Law Commission, stepped in after reading the case on the LKP website today. Michelle […]

Leasehold law – the first real changes in 14 years?

The contentious Housing and Planning bill has now been enacted after much debate in Parliament. The bill was not originally intended to address any leasehold legislation but, during its passage, two key leasehold amendments were introduced in the Commons and the Lords. These amendments went on to be supported by both the government and the […]

10 essential rules to surviving the leasehold property chamber … by the man who won back more than £500,000

Readers are warmly urged to comment on the ‘LVT survival guides’ articles and include their own advice and tips By Martin Boyd 1) If the freeholder produces a large bundle of documents just before, or in the week before, a hearing, you must tell the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal that you do NOT accept them. It […]

Gill Nieuwland’s guide to property tribunal survival (1)

Gill Nieuwland, a lay applicant, wrote this guide to surviving the LVT, but its points are just as valid for the new First Tier Tribunal The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal offers freeholders and leaseholders an accessible and speedy approach to dispute resolution. At least, so it is repeated. Designed for use by laymen, the setting is […]

Gill Nieuwland’s guide to property tribunal survival (2)

  “It should never be forgotten that tribunals exist for users, and not the other way round.”  Carnwath LJ (as Senior President of Tribunals (UK)) at the Commonwealth Law Conference 2011 Part 1 of this guide is here   By Gill Nieuwland Perhaps the best piece of advice I ever got from a solicitor about […]

Judge Tim Powell explains First-Tier Tribunal … but leaseholders are not happy that justice is being done

Tim Powell, a former London solicitor and now a judge in the First-Tier Tribunal, addressed the annual meeting of the Federation of Private Residents’ Associations on November 12. His talk aimed at informing leaseholders of the changes that came into effect on July 1, replacing the old LVT. He was accused of being “disingenuous” by […]

Bye, bye Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. Hello First-tier Tribunal

  Barrister Amanda Gourlay – who has her debut in the new tribunal tomorrow – guides leasehold owners through the new tribunal service   The new context The new rules begin with a definition section. The four jurisdictions now gathered under the First-tier Tribunal umbrella are defined here. Do not be caught out: service charge, […]

All change for Leasehold Valuation Tribunals on July 1

By Amanda Gourlay   In the first of a series of articles, barrister Amanda Gourlay looks at how the arrival of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) will change the leasehold world as we know it …   On July 1, the rent assessment committee (also known as the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal / residential property tribunal) will […]

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