Full Description
This popular book explains the rights of long leaseholders to acquire the freehold of their property, extend the term of their lease, and exercise their right to manage a property. This third edition has been thoroughly updated to include: * a new chapter on costs which explains the principles involved in agreeing and determining costs in enfranchisement and right to manage claims with tips, guidance and the latest cases * enhanced information on intermediate landlords and how their position can be protected * expanded information on the practicalities of completing enfranchisement claims including dealing with the landlord's mortgages * over 100 new case references. The author's focus on practical matters assists practitioners to guide their clients through each stage of acquiring their rights and the complicated requirements of the legislation are helpfully simplified by features such as summaries, key points, checklists and charts. Updated and new precedents are collected in an appendix and also available on the accompanying CD-ROM for convenience.
Contents
Introduction: 1. A brief history; 2. The rights; Collective rights: 3. Managing the collective process; 4. Collective enfranchisement; 5. Right to manage; Individual rights: 6. Right to a new lease of a flat; 7. Right of tenants to acquire the leasehold of their house; 8. Right to a new lease of a house; Miscellaneous: 9. The First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber); 10. Costs; 11. The valuer and the valuation issues; 12. Companies and corporate formalities; 13. The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and other relevant rights; 14. Services of notices; 15. Tax issues on enfranchisement, Appendix: A. Precedents; B. Flowcharts.
