Laurent Vaughan, a Senior Associate in Bishop & Sewell’s Landlord & Tenant team, considers service charges and the need for leasehold reform. The Government focused on onerous ground rents last year when it introduced legislation which would effectively put an end to freeholders being able to charge ground rent when…
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The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 8th February 2022 and will come into force on 30th June 2022.
Choosing the right solicitor is not like buying a new dress or suit – there won’t be an opportunity to try on as many as you like for size and comfort before taking the plunge on your final choice.
Lee Stafford, partner at Bishop & Sewell, discusses what options are open to leaseholders who are unhappy with ‘the management’.
Leases set out the services which the landlord is to provide and the mechanism for recovering the costs from the leaseholders.
There are familiar instances which commonly arise and often lessees are unaware of the options available to them.
In this edition of the Flat Living Magazine, the team at Bishop and Sewell take a look back at 2021.
A year ago I wrote an article for Flat Living about the case of Tedworth North Management Limited & Anor v Miller & Ors [2016] UKUT 0522 (LC).
Sometimes the commute can be a welcome break from having tasks to do – no reason to feel guilty about not cleaning the flat!
The short-term lettings market is big business and far from being the reserve of large portfolio property investors.