Justin Bates

John Christodoulou ‘lamentable’ lack of transparency over excessive £1.6m insurance costs at Canary Riverside

Israel Moskovitz loses appeal on right to charge £36 a pop for collecting his ground rents

Israel Moskovitz fails to get £30 each from leaseholders for his ground rent demands (as barrister Rebecca Cattermole, acting pro bono, sees off Justin Bates in the Upper Tribunal)

John Christodoulou fails to dump £355,000 gym debt onto the Canary Riverside leaseholders. Insurance commissions to be disclosed. And judge criticises his ‘extremely unattractive’ approach to tribunal

Settlers Court: for the first time the Supreme Court considers right to manage. The result? Leaseholders get a battering over communal area management

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

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

Academic bars Oxford City Council from entering his flat to finish major works

Ruling blasts Israel Moskovitz’s lawyers for ‘wasting tribunal time’ in legal warfare that is ‘part of a pattern’, as RTM gains control of £69,000 funds

What to do about the Grenfell cladding scandal, asks Oxford conference

Battle for Canary Riverside resumes after court appointed manager steps down

Tribunal to rule on whether West India Quay leaseholders are subbing the energy costs of the hotel below

Officials fail to stop LKP publishing legal opinions on flawed reform of Recognised Tenants’ Associations (RTAs)

War of attrition continues between Canary Riverside freeholder John Christodoulou and the court-appointed manager …

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

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

Right to Manage added to the ever growing list of leasehold reforms

Israel Moskovitz loses epic Elim Court right to manage battle in landmark Court of Appeal decision

‘If I fail to offend anyone, I will do it next time,’ Bottomley tells appalled leasehold professionals at LEASE annual conference

The day the Leasehold Advisory Service was returned to leaseholders

ARMA conference ‘worried’ that developers are exploiting new home owners

John Christodoulou minions get the boot at Canary Riverside

Right to manage in chaos after Court of Appeal decision

No.1 Deansgate wins epic RTM battle, as freeholder throws in the towel at the Court of Appeal

Retirement site loses right to manage appeal after three years. Now what’s the cost?

Can this possibly be good news?

Biggest right to manage victory ever at Century Wharf, Cardiff

Lawyers fighting right to manage get their legal fees slashed from £28,117 to JUST £2,883!

Israel Moskovitz ‘unappealing conduct’ reported in The Oldie

Freeholder’s barrister Justin Bates named in Parliament yesterday. And Benjamin Mire. And Tchenguiz. And Yianis. And Israel Moskovitz …

Barrister Justin Bates delays ANOTHER right to manage by nearly two years. Corrie and Man United stars among the ‘victims’

Barrister Justin Bates fails to block right to manage on the grounds that leaseholders’ company name did not include ‘RTM’ in the title

LEASE 2013: ‘Leasehold must reform, or media will sink their teeth in’