Archive for May, 2010

Enfranchisement – Getting the right advice.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Justin Bennett of LBB Chartered Surveyors writes about the importance of getting the right advice and refers to one of the earliest cases under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 of Willingale V Globalgrange. In this case the landlord failed to respond to a tenants Notice to enfranchise and had not only to accept the substantially reduced price offered but also the terms of the transaction, which meant that the hotel lost its fire escape right over the enfranchised building. The case reached the Court of Appeal. The moral behind this story is that getting the right advice is crucial. Please click here for the full article.

Working Property Income

Friday, May 7th, 2010

John Byers will be speaking at the Christian Resources Exhibition on the 11th May 2010 as a guest of Make It Happen who are hosting a workshop entitled “Innovative Income Generation”. John will be speaking at their morning workshop on the subject of “Working Property Income” and amongst other things will be talking through some of the most common pitfalls encountered dealing with Charitable Trust Properties. More details on CRE.