As a lead member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) Colman Coyle has been invited to attend a discussion on the reforms recently proposed by the Law Commission which aims to provide better deals for leaseholders who want to purchase...
The judgment recently handed down by the Court of Appeal in Whitehall Court London Limited v The Crown Estate Commissioners will be of interest to anyone in the field of leasehold enfranchisement because it provides, amongst other things, clarity as to the extent of...
It is trite law that if a landlord of residential property wants to recover the cost of employing a managing agent, for example, they must comply with the requirements of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. This Act prohibits landlords from recovering more than £100 per...
Colman Coyle were recently instructed to defend an application brought by two tenants for a determination of their liability to pay and reasonableness of certain service charge items in the Property Chamber, First-Tier Tribunal. The application was brought against a...
In the recent decision of COS Services Limited -v- Nicholson [2017] UK UT 0382 the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dismissed a landlord’s appeal against a decision of the First Tier Tribunal concerning insurance premiums charged to tenants under the terms of their...
For residential property the safest way to proceed in dealing with possession is to seek an Order for possession from the Court. If a tenant then refuses to give up possession the Claimant can then enforce that Order but will need to apply for a Warrant or Writ of...
