The Freehold and Leasehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament on 11 December, and was described by Michael Gove – the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Levelling-Up - as the “effective...more
In back to school week, the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in over 150 school buildings, posing a risk of collapse, dominated the headlines. However, the prevalence of RAAC in all kinds of local...more
The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced landlord and leaseholder certificates to help leaseholders understand which protections against the cost of remedial works apply to them. In this first part of our series on landlord...more
Where the parties can’t agree on the terms of a renewal lease under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the Court has the power to decide those terms. But how does the court balance the competing demands of a landlord - keen to...more