Landlord consent case splits the Supreme Court

November 8, 2019

Property cases do not often make it all the way to the Supreme Court, let alone cases relating to a landord’s refusal of consent under a lease. For that reason alone, the Supreme Court Justices’ decision in the case of Sequent Nominees Limited v Hautford Limited this Autumn is valuable reading. That said, it was a case that divided the Supreme Court, with three of the five judges finding in favour of the landlord, and…

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(UK) Game, set and match for leasehold housing and ground rents: Government responds to its consultation on leasehold reform

By Tim Reid

July 2, 2019

Last week saw a volley of government announcements for the private rented sector and investors in leasehold residential property. At the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference on 27 June, Prime Minister Theresa May and Communities Secretary James Brokenshire announced “bold action”, as soon as parliamentary time allows, to empower tenants and tackle perceived inequality in the private rented sector between landlords and tenants. On the same day, the government published its response to the consultation…

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Consultation launched on enfranchisement rights

By Tim Reid & Ingrid Stables

December 14, 2018

What does enfranchisement actually mean and what’s wrong with the current regime? Enfranchisement is the process by which people who own property on a long lease may extend the lease, or buy the freehold. The procedure for doing so is not, however, universally popular. Leaseholders argue that it is complex and expensive, leading to unnecessary conflicts, litigation and delay. In light of this, the Law Commission has recently published a consultation paper setting out sweeping…

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Law against revenge evictions extended to all Assured Shorthold Tenancies

By Tim Reid

October 11, 2018

From 1 October 2018, the government’s clampdown on so called “revenge evictions” has been extended to all existing assured shorthold tenancies, including those which pre-date the commencement of the Deregulation Act 2015. The regime introduced by section 33 of the Deregulation Act 2015 is intended to prevent landlords from serving section 21 notices to recover possession of property let on an AST, if they are serving that notice as a reaction to the tenant having…

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Radical proposals on enfranchisement rights

By Tim Reid & Rachel Lindberg

September 4, 2018

The sale of houses on a leasehold basis has been criticised in some quarters because of its apparent unfairness to leaseholders. Leaseholders, in contrast to freeholders, lease a property for only a number of years. The question then being, what happens at the end of the term? Enfranchisement rights provide leaseholders who hold a lease of 21 years or more with the right to buy the freehold of their house or obtain an extended lease…

Tim Reid

Landlord consent case splits the Supreme Court

(UK) Game, set and match for leasehold housing and ground rents: Government responds to its consultation on leasehold reform

Consultation launched on enfranchisement rights

Law against revenge evictions extended to all Assured Shorthold Tenancies

Radical proposals on enfranchisement rights

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