In Westbrook Dolphin Square Limited -v- Friends Life Limited [2014] EWHC 2433 (Ch) the High Court has paved the way for one commercial owner to compel the transfer of another’s freehold property to it, by the process of collective enfranchisement. Under the collective enfranchisement regime created in the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act
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Move along squatters, investors in residential property also need legislative reform
After press reports of police up and down the country taking action to remove squatters from residential accommodation, perhaps the government should now turn its attention to the legislative pitfalls awaiting potential investors in this sector? The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 offers rights to those who own leases of residential flats