The House of Lords has dealt another blow to owners of residential or mixed use buildings following its decision today in the case of Les Aggio and Others v Howard de Walden Estates Limited and 26 Cadogan Square Limited v The Earl of Cadogan and Cadogan Estates Limited.

Anna Favre of Pemberton Greenish recalls how one recent landmark case has outlined the prerequisites to something many already thought they knew – what constitutes a house?

Anyone acquiring the freehold to their house will need to think about two taxes in particular, stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and capital gains tax (CGT). Martin Codd of Dawsons LLP reports.

In the seventh series of plain-English legal articles, Yashmin Mistry, Solicitor in the Leasehold Enfranchisement Department of Brethertons LLP highlights an area of law of interest to leaseholders – Reserve Fund and Sinking Funds.

Mark Chick, partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP, takes a close look at February’s landmark ruling by the House of Lords, the first judgment to be made by them under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

Recruiting staff can be stressful with all the legislation. Most organisations involve specialists such as Claibon to assist. For anyone handling such matters there are several considerations, starting with the job advert.

On 21st April 2008, Leave to Appeal to the House of Lords was granted in the Earl of Cadogan v Sportelli case. Yashmin Mistry explains...

Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons is pleased to announce that it successfully represented Hamptons International and Mrs Treld Bicknell in the Court of Appeal in a case which is now the leading authority on estate agents' commission. The judgment was handed down on Wednesday 23 April 2008...

Kerry Glanville is a partner and head of property litigation at Pemberton Greenish. She recently gave a speech at the ARMA conference discussing how effective the amendments to section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 have really been. Jamie Reid caught up with her to discuss the issue...

Mark Chick, a partner at Bishop & Sewell, updates readers about LVT practice and procedure as it relates to the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993...

Last spring John Peartree, chief executive officer of the Federation of Private Residents’ Associations (FPRA), and his committee members, wrote to Tony Blair about the lack of consideration by government of the impact on leaseholders and residents of new legislation. Please see a copy of his letter below, with responses overleaf...

The long anticipated decision of the Court of Appeal in a series of appeals against a decision of the Lands Tribunal that have become known, collectively, as the Sportelli appeals has been handed down. Kerry Glanville, partner at Pemberton Greenish, analyses the Court of Appeal’s decision.

RIGHT TO MANAGE - In the fifth series of plain-English legal articles, Yashmin Mistry, solicitor of Brethertons LLP highlights an area of law of interest to leaseholders – Right to Manage Companies.