Although tenants are becoming increasingly aware of their rights to collectively buy their freehold, it seems to be a known fact amongst the tenant world that there is an alternative procedure for doing so, when a landlord decides to sell.  Failure by a...

PSW is delighted to announce that  Caroline Anstis wins “Highly Commended” award in this year’s Enfranchisement and Right to Manage Awards (ERMAs) run by News on the Block. Caroline was shortlisted as a finalist in the category...

The 1993 act had a difficult passage through Parliament and, as a result, there were a number of discrepancies. Later legislation has dealt with some of these with varying degrees of success however, as a practitioner specialising in this area, there are a...

Before the passing of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (“the Act”) the only right that tenants of long leasehold flats had to manage the day to day running of their flat and the block in which it was situated, was under the Landlord...

Leaseholds are, by their very nature, wasting assets and need to be approached with some care; as each year passes and but for any general market increase in property prices the value of the lease decreases because it has less time left to run. If you have...

Analysis of the court of appeal's decision in the case of Earl Cardogan v Sportelli This case concerned two aspects of valuing the premium/price that is payable upon the purchase of a freehold, whether collectively (i.e. on behalf of a block of flats) or in...

Until the passing of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 tenants of long leasehold flats had little opportunity to wrest control over the day to day management of their flats and block except where they could prove that their landlord was not managing them properly. Now a right exists enabling tenants to club together and obtain the right to manage through the right to manage or RTM limited company of which they are each the members.

Where a residential tenant of leasehold property is seeking to obtain either a lease extension or seeking to acquire the freehold interest in the property (be it the entire freehold interest if the property is a house or a share in the freehold interest if...

  Caroline Anstis - Associate   The 1993 act had a difficult passage through Parliament and, as a result, there were a number of discrepancies. Later legislation has dealt with some of these with varying degrees of success however, as a...