Leasehold Enfranchisement: 2015 in review

Forsters LLP | Property Law Journal | February 2016 #338
Natasha Rees provides an overview of a year in enfranchisement ‘The wording of [a] counter-notice is crucial when considering whether the equivalence test has been satisfied. A freeholder keen to avoid losing additional freehold land must consider carefully which rights to offer in its counter-notice.’With appeals on issues ranging from statutory costs to the rights …

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Collective Enfranchisement: The end of the battle for Dolphin Square?

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | Property Law Journal | September 2014 #324
James Souter reports on a case which threw up some novel arguments ‘In what has been a long-running and often acrimonious battle this was a resounding victory for Westbrook, and there will no doubt be detailed consideration of the many elements of this important judgment in the coming weeks and months.’ After a long-running battle …

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Collective Enfranchisement: When is a flat not a ‘flat’?

Trowers & Hamlins LLP | Property Law Journal | May 2013 #309
In Smith v Jafton Properties the court considered whether four self-contained flats used for short-term residential serviced accommodation were ‘flats’ and ‘occupied for residential purposes’. Leigh Shapiro investigates. ‘Although the 1967 Act and the 1993 did have common themes and probably a common origin, they are independent of each other. HHJ Hand was of the …

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Leasehold Enfranchisement: ‘House’ redefined

Forsters LLP | Property Law Journal | November 2012 #299
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the meaning of a ‘house’ will come as relief to large estate owners, as Natasha Rees explains ‘It does seem excessive that it has been necessary to ask seven Justices of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the word ‘house’ when it is one of the 200 most …

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