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Leaseholds: Ground zero
Are doubling ground rents legally fair? Jessica Parry, Edward Blakeney and James Fieldsend consider the evidence The individual tenant’s right to enfranchise a house under the LRA 1967 or claim a new lease under LRHUDA 1993 means leaseholders can effectively buy themselves out of a ground rent doubling clause. In the court of public opinion, …
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- Director General of Fair Trading v First National Bank plc [2001] UKHL 52
- Harrington v Wise ((1594) Cro. Eliz. 486)
- Newham LBC v Khatun & Ors [2004] EWCA Civ 55
- OFT v Abbey National Plc [2009] UKSC 6