Leaseholder fails to overturn Freeholder's refusal of consent to Change of Use to Residential for enfranchisement risk 

This article covers some case law and legislative developments over the last 12 months relating to enfranchisement

The Government has recently reconfirmed its proposal to implement reforms in this regard in the current term of Parliament.

Does a development constitute a single “building” or a number of separate “buildings” for the purpose of freehold enfranchisement?

There have been a number of decisions around the question of whether flat owners’ rights operate on a block by block basis or in respect of a number of blocks via single claim in connection with collective enfranchisement, the enfranchisement of the freehold to a single house, the right to manage and the right of first refusal.