So, there we have it – The Sunday Times indicating that the outcome of the ground rent consultation will be a £250 cap on all existing ground rents and a planned ‘phasing out’ of current ground rents. Certainly, previous indications from the Sunday Times have been accurate in the past – and so we should probably consider this to be …

Many people will have seen the rumour/ announcement in yesterday‘s Sunday Times The Times / Sunday Times do have a good record of being an unofficial / official source of these things – after all that is where details of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform BIll first appeared in November of last year. If this is right then it may …

A1 Properties (Sunderland) Limited v Tudor Studios RTM Ltd in the Supreme Court  ALEP in the Supreme Court  On 8th February 2024, Bishop & Sewell (‘B&S’) acted on behalf of ALEP, the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners on a pro bono basis as they intervened in the case of A1 Properties (Sunderland) Limited v Tudor Studios RTM Ltd in the …

  Last week was a busy week in leasehold reform. On Monday 15th I attended the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold reform to discuss the Leasehold Reform Bill currently making its way through Parliament. This was ably hosted as ever by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership who run the secretariat to the APPG. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is currently …