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     <title><![CDATA[Be Well Advised]]></title>
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	It&#8217;s very important to get independent advice from a chartered surveyor prior to starting the process.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Issues with Headleases]]></title>
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	Imagine a headlease of a block which consists of ground floor commercial premises, common parts, and 20 flats, 15 of which are held by qualifying tenants, four of which are occupied by assured shorthold tenants and one of which is a caretaker&#8217;s flat.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Something going on up top?]]></title>
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	&#8220;The only way is up!&#8221; - that certainly seems to be the view of landlords seeking to claim development value as part of the compensation payable to them as part of a freehold purchase under the 1993 Act.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Lease Extension or Enfranchisement?]]></title>
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	A lease extension which adds 90 years to your lease should be the most straightforward way to increase the term and protect the value of your flat which otherwise is a wasting asset.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Marriage after the Wedding]]></title>
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	Now the collective purchase of your freehold is complete; the hard work does not stop.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget the bit on the side!]]></title>
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	Approaching the cost of your freehold purchase on the basis of a collective amount based on the number of flats in the building may give a fairly accurate figure where there is little additional land, such as flats in a converted terraced house.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[A never ending story]]></title>
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	The recent upper tribunal (lands chamber) decision in the case of Sloane Stanley Estate v Carey-Morgan concerned an appeal from the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal on a collective claim under the provisions of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 and provides helpful guidance on several topical enfranchisement issues.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Enfranchisement Case Law]]></title>
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	The on-going problem of what constitutes a house under the 1967 Act is keeping the courts busy. Practitioners await the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Hosebay v Day; Lexgorge v Howard de Walden this year when it is hoped the Supreme Court will give a definitive ruling.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[Covenants in Enfranchisement Transfers]]></title>
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	One Significant area of contention in enfranchisement is the question of which covenants may be included in the Transfer of a freehold, where a leaseholder exercises his right to acquire the freehold of his house under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.]]>
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