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: Preserving development rights on leasebacks

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | Property Law Journal | March 2015 #329
Martin Codd assesses the outcome of two recent decisions highlighting the complexities of leasebacks on collective enfranchisement claims ‘The leaseback provisions are mandatory for flats let under secure tenancies or by housing associations.’ Two recent cases heard in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) have highlighted the need for landlords and tenants to consider more carefully …

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