Leasehold reform “quietly axed” by Treasury

Proposed reforms around leasehold are reported to have been “quietly axed” with retrospective legal action and the knock-on effect on pension funds being cited as reasons for the Treasury withdrawing its support.

Online no substitute for face-to-face says conveyancing veteran

In his 50th year in conveyancing, Hailstone has issued a rallying call to the profession to ‘unite, not fight’ in the wake of National Conveyancing Week and says that the relationships that some firms and individuals have with each other would benefit from more...

CMA frees hundreds more leaseholders from costly contract terms

More than 500 households will no longer be subject to terms that cause their ground rents to double in price following further action from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which will see eight additional firms now remove problematic clauses from their...