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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, …