Services for Landlords

  • Leasehold enfranchisement – dealing with tenants’ claims for lease extensions and to acquire the freehold (flats and houses) including challenging claims to maximise the premium/ground rents.
  • Tenants’ breaches – advice on enforcement, including forfeiture.
  • Service charges – advising on recoverability and consultation as well as defending assessments in the Tribunal.
  • Manager/audit applications – advising on and defending tenants’ applications for an appointment of a statutory manager or for a statutory audit.
  • Right to manage – advising landlords in relation to a tenants’ right to manage application.
  • Rights of first refusal – preparing and serving Section 5 notices and advice on rights of first refusal generally.
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Services for Developers

  • Rights of first refusal – advice on structuring investments to avoid triggering rights of first refusal
  • Residential service charges – advice on structuring leases to assist with recoverability of residential service charges
  • Acquisition of the freehold – advice on claiming the freehold of certain investment properties under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or structuring investments so as to acquire a right of collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Services for High Net Worth Individuals

  • Lease extensions – advice on and bringing lease extension claims including acquiring the lease with the benefit of a claim and assuring it is properly assigned.
  • Management issues – advice on dealing with poor landlord management including the right to manage, the appointment of a statutory manager and seeking a statutory audit.
  • Collective claims – acting for tenants collectively in relation to claims under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 or the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.
  • Lofts – dealing with claims over lofts where these are not demised.
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Services for Landlords

  • Leasehold enfranchisement – dealing with tenants’ claims for lease extensions and to acquire the freehold (flats and houses) including challenging claims to maximise the premium/ground rents.
  • Tenants’ breaches – advice on enforcement, including forfeiture.
  • Service charges – advising on recoverability and consultation as well as defending assessments in the Tribunal.
  • Manager/audit applications – advising on and defending tenants’ applications for an appointment of a statutory manager or for a statutory audit.
  • Right to manage – advising landlords in relation to a tenants’ right to manage application.
  • Rights of first refusal – preparing and serving Section 5 notices and advice on rights of first refusal generally.
Find out more

Services for Developers

  • Rights of first refusal – advice on structuring investments to avoid triggering rights of first refusal
  • Residential service charges – advice on structuring leases to assist with recoverability of residential service charges
  • Acquisition of the freehold – advice on claiming the freehold of certain investment properties under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or structuring investments so as to acquire a right of collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Services for High Net Worth Individuals

  • Lease extensions – advice on and bringing lease extension claims including acquiring the lease with the benefit of a claim and assuring it is properly assigned.
  • Management issues – advice on dealing with poor landlord management including the right to manage, the appointment of a statutory manager and seeking a statutory audit.
  • Collective claims – acting for tenants collectively in relation to claims under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 or the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.
  • Lofts – dealing with claims over lofts where these are not demised.
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Case Study

Private: Acquiring freehold with an absent landlord

Acting for the tenants of a block of flats in West London in relation to their claim to acquire the freehold of the building where the landlord, a Liberian registered company, has gone missing. This included successfully obtaining an acquisition …

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Case Study

Breach of lease

Acting for the successful landlord in proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal and then the Upper Tribunal re-hearing involving a declaration that the tenant was in breach of the lease as a preliminary to forfeiture. This involved two important points of …

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Case Study

Private: RTM damages claim

Acting for a Right to Manage Company in relation to mixed-use premises defending a damages claim of circa £780,000 by a commercial tenant who is claiming that the right to manage company is liable to repair the commercial unit as …

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