Collective Enfranchisement - Practical Lessons from Recent Case Law

Introduction

Most flat owners have a collective right to buy the freehold of the building in which their flats are situate. This is a valuable right, giving the flat owners much greater control over the building but, the exercise of this valuable right can be full of pitfalls for the unwary.

And, according to a recent government survey many flat owners surveyed ‘did not understand that under share of freehold they would remain on a lease for their own flat’.

This intermediate level webinar explores a number of the trickier problem areas drawing practical lessons from recent case law to aid the busy practitioner advising flat owners.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Buildings, qualifying tenants, flats & live-work units - making sense of confusing decisions: AHGR Ltd v Kane-Laverack; Assethold v Eveline Road; Avon Ground Rents v Canary Gateway (Court of Appeal); Alford House
• Timetable traps & tips for avoidance: Peterson v Howard de Walden; Pledream
• Rights acquired - and lost: Ashford v Mill Court Walton; Trinity Church Square v Corporation of Trinity House; LM Homes v Queen Court Freehold; Chapman v Alaska
• Valuation variables: Aneesh v Hichcliffe; Vectris v Cambrai; Brickfield v Ullah
• Change ahead? The Government’s response to the Law Commission’s proposals

This webinar was recorded on 8th February 2024

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