Index
| Author | Piers Harrison/David Lonsdale |
| Pages | 327-340 |
Abandonment 51
Access, rights of 115
Addresses 37, 51, 109, 121, 132–3, 170 Adjoining land 3, 24
Admission of claims
collective enfranchisement 118–23 individual lease extension 165, 180,
187, 195
inducement 55
service of counter-notices 118–23, 165,
180, 187
service of landlord’s notice in reply 55 Advertising for missing landlords 62, 132 Agreements for lease 162
Agricultural holdings 17
Airspace 88, 147, 152
Alteration of terms 183–4
Amendment of notices 45
Ancillary land 17
‘And to’ 36
Appearance and amenity 55 Appropriate period 127–9, 188–90 Appurtenances
collective enfranchisement 84–7, 107,
160
garages 9, 37, 91, 162, 173–4, 183 gardens 9–10, 37, 84, 119, 162 individual lease extension 162, 173–4 outhouses 9, 84, 162, 173–4 premises, definition of 9, 37 valuation 160
yards 37, 84, 162, 173–4 Assignment
collective enfranchisement 97–8, 110,
135, 148 compensation 50 costs 135
errors/mistakes 50–1
individual lease extension 177, 178 long lease, definition of 11, 17 notice of tenant’s claim 27
part of premises 10, 17, 50 registration 17, 178
time limits 97
valuation 148
Associated companies 94, 161 Assured shorthold tenancies 88 Assured tenancies 72, 77, 143–4, 151
Balance of hardship test 11
Best endeavours 147
Blocks of flats, estates with 107
Bodies corporate 94
Breach of statutory duty 57
Building, definition of 2
Business tenancies
collective enfranchisement 90–1, 93 errors/mistakes 48
freehold of house, acquisition of 15–16 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, notice of termination under 48
long lease, definition of 14, 15–16, 38 notice of tenant’s claim 31
residence test 18
residential use, adapted away from 4–5,
7
shops with living accommodation 5–6,
16
Capitalising value of ground rent 67, 70
75, 149, 154, 156, 158, 199, 203 Caretaker’s flats 87, 107, 149, 154, 156,
158
Charges 47, 110, 177 see also Mortgages
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Charitable trusts 17–18, 19, 93
Cleared site approach to valuation 68 Collateral agreements 184–5
Collective enfranchisement 83–138 see also Collective enfranchisement, valuations in
two-thirds of total number of flats, not less than 89
access, rights of 115
addresses 109, 121, 132–3
admitting the claim, service of counter-notices 118–23
agreed, when terms are 130–1 appurtenant property 84–7, 107 assignment 97–8, 110, 135
business tenancies 90–1, 93
common parts 85–8, 91, 119 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform
Act 2002, reform under 83, 98 costs 98, 115, 134–6
court, applications to 125–33
death, marriage or civil partnerships, termination on 92
deduction of title 115, 117
draft transfer 123
easements 84, 120–1 errors/mistakes 105–7
exceptions 93–4
excluded premises 88, 90–2
failure to enter contract, applications where 126–7
failure to serve counter-notice 126 First-tier Tribunal 127–32, 134 freehold, dealing with 110–11 individual lease extension 83, 113–14,
161, 166
intermediate leasehold interests 107–8,
117, 159–60
invalidity of notices 115–17, 125–6,
135–6
Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 83–94 long lease, definition of 92
marriage value 201
missing landlords 132–3
more than one freeholder 90 mortgages 92, 136–8
nominee purchasers 83, 88, 95–9, 111,
114–30, 133–8
not admitting claim, service of counter-notices 123–4, 125–6 non-residential premises 91–2, 93 notice of termination 111–12
number of flats 89, 96
one tenant per flat 93
participating tenants 96–9, 111, 137–8 participation agreements 95–104 parties, definition of 128
premiums 104
preparatory work 95
price stated in initial notice 104 procedure 95–6, 115, 117, 125–6,
132–3
property included 83–8
purchase price 104, 107, 118, 128,
131–2
qualifying premises 88–90 qualifying tenancies 92
qualifying tenants 88, 94, 96–9 redevelopment/development 125–6,
135
relevant landlords 100, 109–10, 128,
134
residence condition, no 94 resident landlord 91 reversioners 100, 116–20, 125–9,
133–5
right to collective enfranchisement
83–94
Right to Enfranchise (RTE) companies
83, 98–9
Right to Manage (RTM) companies
135–6
self-contained building or part of building 89
service of counter-notices 104, 114,
115–23, 125–6
service of initial notice of tenant’s claim 97, 100–17, 124–6, 132–3, 135–6
specimens 100–3, 122–4
split freehold and/or one or more intermediate interest 117 sub-leases, unlawful 93
tenant’s notice to terminate 112 termination of individual lease prevented 112–13
terms 128–32
three or more flats, owners of 94 time limits 109, 114, 115, 125, 127,
129–30
two or more flats held by qualifying tenants 89
vesting orders, applications for 127–33 withdrawal, notice of 114, 125–8,
133–6
Collective enfranchisement, valuations in
96, 134, 139–60
additional compensation 151 assignment 148
assumptions 140–3, 153 capitalising value of ground rent 149,
154, 156, 158
common, land used in 160 contiguous property, compensation for damage or loss to 151
costs of enfranchising, calculation of
153
date of valuation 139–40
deferment rate 149–50, 154, 156–7 estate sold 141–2
extensions 151, 155–6, 160
First-tier Tribunal 140
freehold value 149
ground rent 139–40, 149, 154, 156, 158 hope value 142, 144–8, 151 improvements 143, 152, 157
inflation 156
interest 140, 153
intermediate leasehold interests 159–60 lease value 149
leasebacks 146, 151
Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban
Development Act 1993 139–60 life expectancy 155–6, 157–8
life interests 152, 157
marriage value 142, 144–8, 150–1,
154–9
minor intermediate leases 159 new lease, claim for 142
‘no Act world’ assumption 142
no rights under Leasehold Reform
Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 142
participating tenants 148, 153–5 price 140, 159
process 149–59
protected tenancies 151, 152, 158 redevelopment 147, 151, 158
repairs, maintenance or redecorations
143
reversion 147–8, 149–50, 154, 157–8 rights and burdens 143
Sportelli value 144–5, 156–7 succession 152, 158
vacant possession 143–4, 150, 152–5,
158
withdrawal 140
worked example 151–9
Commercial tenancies see Business tenancies
Common parts 85–8, 91, 119 Compensation
assignment 50
collective enfranchisement, valuations in 151
contiguous property, compensation for damage or loss to 151 continuation tenancies 49
delay 45
errors/mistakes 49, 50, 60 intermediate leasehold interests 202 loss or damage to landlord’s other property, compensation for 77 postponement of termination, compensation for 60
premiums 197, 201–2 redevelopment/development 26, 66, 77,
198–9, 201
service of landlord’s notice of termination 49
withdrawal 50, 60
Competent landlord 165–9, 179, 195 Completion 59, 188–9
Compulsory purchase 65, 135, 196 Conflicts of interest 99
Contiguous property, compensation for damage or loss to 151
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Continuation tenancies 1, 48, 49, 177 Costs
assignment 135
collective enfranchisement 98, 115,
134–6, 153
compulsory purchase 135, 196 errors/mistakes 57, 59–60, 61 estoppel 61, 135–6
First-tier Tribunal 196
fund, establishment of 98 individual lease extension 195–6 invalid notices 115, 135–6, 196 investigations as to right to new lease
195
joint and several liability 135 preliminary assessments 97 premiums 195
reasonableness 61–2, 134, 136, 195–6 redevelopment 135, 196
relevant person 195–6
solicitors or surveyors, use of over-expensive 134, 136, 196
Upper Tribunal 60
valuation 153, 195
withdrawal of notice 61, 134–6, 195,
196
Counter-notices see Service of counter-notices (individual lease extension); Service of counter-notices (collective enfranchisement)
Court, applications to 57, 125–33, 165,
181–2, 188–9 see also First-tier Tribunal (FTT)
Covenants
caretaker’s flats 141–2
collective enfranchisement 92 improvements 77
individual lease extension 187
long lease, definition of 16, 38 mortgages 193
perpetual renewal, for 15, 38, 92 personal liability of landlord for breach, limiting 187
premiums, renewal without payment of
16, 38
price 132
restrictive covenants 120–1, 143
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