Leasehold Reform Act 1967
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PP 2002/164A
Leasehold houses: enfranchisement opportunities increased. Brought into force on 26 July 2002, changes made by sections 137-149 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 will affect numerous leasehold houses…
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PP 2002/89
Definition of “long tenancy” – Lease terminable by notice after death or marriage. The Court of Appeal decision in Skinns v Greenwood [2002] EWCA Civ 424; [2002] 2 EGLR 53…
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South v Chamberlayne
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 – Lessee of house serving notice to enfranchise – Lessee purporting to assign benefit of notice to intended buyer of house – Lessor claiming benefit of…
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Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
Claimant lessee of town house and mews dwelling seeking to acquire freehold – Lessee seeking to enfranchise either or both properties under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 – Mews dwelling partly…
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Cadogan Estates Ltd v Hows and another
Enfranchisement — Assessment of price for freehold — Assumptions in arriving at “entirety value” — Standing house approach — Proportion of entirety value — Decapitalisation and capitalisation rates
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Mayhew v Keepers and Governors of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon
Improvements — Rateable value above limit — Two notices relating to reduction of rateable value — Tenant failed to apply to court within time-limit in respect of first notice –…
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Lester and another v Ridd
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Notice to acquire freehold — Demised premises included two acres — House comprised in an agricultural holding excluded from 1967 Act — Whether house comprised…
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Woodruff v Hambro
Long lease — Agreement to surrender — Surrender and grant of new long lease — Power of county court under section 23(3) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Whether…
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Proma Ltd and another v Curtis and another
Enfranchisement — Definition of “long tenancy” — Amendment introduced by Housing Act 1980 — Whether lease granted after April 18 1980 was granted in pursuance of a contract before that…
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Malekshad v Howard de Walden Estates Ltd
Claim to acquire freehold – Lessee of town house and mews dwelling seeking to enfranchise one or both under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 – Mews dwelling partly undercut by basement…
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Rennie and another v Proma Ltd and another
Notice to enfranchise — Reversion held by single trustee — Consent to sell required — Appointor of second trustee unwilling to appoint — Restriction on registered title — Whether transaction…
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Byrne v Rowbotham and others
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 — Tenant’s bid to acquire freehold — Premises not his “main” residence — No right under the Act