Russell-Cooke

This Q&A considers the liability to pay a service charge where the costs are significantly higher than anticipated by the leaseholder.

This Q&A considers whether a tribunal application for a new lease or collective enfranchisement should be withdrawn or stayed where terms are agreed after the application is made.

This Q&A considers the landlord’s obligation to grant a new lease of a flat on similar terms to the other leases in the same building.

This Q&A considers whether, if a freehold of a residential property is originally owned by one person (referred to as the landlord in a lease the person grants) and is later owned by two people, they are both called landlords and whether they are bound by the original lease in the same way.

This Q&A considers whether a person who is not a qualifying tenant for the purposes of collective enfranchisement can nevertheless join in the acquisition process.

This Q&A concerns the rights of qualifying tenants to purchase the freehold of their properties, known as collective enfranchisement, and discusses related issues that arise under LRHUDA 1993 and LRA 1967.

This Q&A considers whether the landlord is able to include the right to redevelop in a new lease when granting a voluntary lease extension for a residential property lease.

This Q&A looks at issues of liability where an overriding lease is granted and the current occupational tenant is in arrears, in the context of a collective enfranchisement.

This Q&A considers whether a lessor is entitled to recover its costs of service of a notice under section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 where a tribunal or court has not determined whether a breach has occurred.