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

Enough is enough! Ballymore must pay!

If government’s is tempted to dither over banning new ground rents, then this woman’s £1m a year for a small flat should clinch it …

Scourge of RTMs, Israel Moskovitz sits as a director … of a residents’ management company in Sunderland

Rendall and Rittner … no insurance commissions, but it owns an offshore ‘captive’ insurance company making a 40% profit on leaseholders’ premiums

LKP to monitor bank exposure as cladding flats sell to cash buyers in auctions

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

Communities Select Committee calls on government to scrap cladding loan scheme and establish a ‘Comprehensive Building Safety Fund’

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

Now Israel Moskovitz wins right to charge £30 for his ground rent demands …

Bovis Homes leaseholder in Bristol cannot sell as ground rents reviewed every five years

Ted Baillieu, ex-pm of Victoria, tells London cladding leaseholders that Australians identified flats most at risk and sorted them out first (but there were loans to flat owners)

Now shared owners are hit with lease extension costs on top of fire safety costs

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

Consumers fightened to speak out over housebuilders defects, says BBC

CMA kicks housebuilders: Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey ‘unfair contract terms’ over rip-off ground rents; Persimmon and Barratt ‘possible mis-selling’ of homes

Lords rebellion sees government Fire Safety Bill thrown into disarray

APPG leasehold chairs call on Lords to support McPartland-Smith amendment tomorrow

Section 24 court appointed manager orders can be the last resort for leaseholders, but beware messing them up

Crisis in UK flats at last prompts Ballymore leaseholders to rebel and speak publicly about rocketing service charges to the FT

Minister hears how cladding ‘interim measures’ are ruining a generation of homebuyers

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

Select Committee none the wiser over cladding forced loan schemes

Martin Boyd returns to LKP

Dudley Joiner’s Team Property Management goes down the plughole owing £635,958

Pensioner loses £130,000 to escape Roseland Parc Retirement Village. But it is worth it, she says …

NHBC controls up to 90% of new build warranties: law professors raise concerns …

Barrister Justin Bates torpedoes another RTM for Moskovitz / Gurvits: leaseholders face £100,000 bills

Pensioners in retirement housing face £150,000 fire safety bill, but McCarthy and Stone isn’t reponsible (nor is FirstPort, and NHBC hasn’t responded)