News archive

Government action on leasehold scandal has been ‘too weak and too slow’, says John Healey

‘Uncharitable’ Mary Magdalene and Holy Jesus Trust and the issue of lease extensions

Brokenshire wrongly says freeholders have paid for Grenfell cladding removal

Brokenshire to meet house builders and freehold investors … but no leaseholders

Select Committee on leasehold, November 5 2018

Google removes FS Legal’s advertisement ‘falsely implying affiliation’ with NLC

Private Eye warns that Brokenshire’s £10 ground rents undermine reform of leasehold

Law Commission meets leaseholders in Manchester

Long Harbour lobby MP Kate Osamor bars leasehold activist from Twitter feed

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

Anger at Law Commission meetings in offices of freeholders’ solicitors

Southwark litigant-in-person leaseholder faces wipe-out after £24,000 tribunal victory. Council now deploys ‘shock and awe’ QC …

LKP London meeting for leaseholders November 10

Justin Madders Bill: 10x annual ground rent and the freehold is yours … Anyone got a problem with that?

Lies, damned lies and statistics

Flush with money: how Kier Homes leaseholders pay for a public toilet in Worthing

‘Compo’ law firm FS Legal threatens libel action against National Leasehold Campaign co-founder

Park home owners: government action better than expected (well, that’s sort-of positive)

Government thinking freeholders are paternalistic long-term custodians of a building is where it has gone wrong over Grenfell cladding

Why should Will Astor, Tchenguiz etc be paying to remove Grenfell cladding?

LKP predicts the future

No help for leaseholders trapped in unsellable homes, says government

£10 ground rents applies to flats and house

Ground rents to be allowed in retirement housing, says government

Sir Vince Cable condemns another government consultation over leasehold

Has Brokenshire trashed Sajid Javid’s reforms of leasehold?

Bellway and Peabody cave in over Grenfell cladding costs at New Festival Quarter

Notting Hill Genesis housing association pulls shared ownership leasehold advert after complaints

Younger managing agents seek answers over leasehold reform (without the usual agendas of the trade bodies)

Pemberton Greenish worker tells Cadogan Estate bigwig: you’re a c***t!

Leaseholders thank JFM for turning around RTM site with £45,000 service charge arrears, reducing them to £800 in four months

Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore won’t be doing the ‘decent thing’ over Grenfell cladding costs at New Providence Wharf

Law Commission: no problem employing barrister Justin Bates to reform right to manage, while he sets about stuffing another one …