I was delighted to be quoted in the Law Society Gazette in a feature article entitled ‘Home Truths’ – which is a round-up of a number of things going on in housing and property law at the moment. To read the article click on the link below and/ or see the copy appearing below. https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=Law%20Society%20Gazette&edid=78954e93-d7f4-41c9-9ca9-179553720ea9 there is a lot going …

Next week’s ALEP Spring Lecture will see industry professionals discuss the question of the deferment rate in enfranchisement calculations and the scope for a revision of this based on the recent decision in Llangewydd Court. I am running the panel session at the end of this event and I expect that we will be discussing a number of real world …

I was delighted to chair the MBL Enfranchisement Conference 2022 this week. This was a well attended online CPD event run by MBL Seminars for professionals working in this area. I spoke on ‘Commonhold: The Scope for Reform’ which is of course a hot topic with the Commonhold Council in full swing. I know from other work that DLUHC are …

At our recent conference we discussed the Law Commission’s proposals for conversion to commonhold and in particular what may happen in relation to enfranchisement when and if it becomes the norm. There are a number of proposals around conversion and these include reducing the threshold for this from 100% (as it currently is), to as low as 50% to mirror …