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     <title><![CDATA[Fire Safety in Flats Conference News on the Block Subscriber Form]]></title>
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	Fire Safety in Flats Conference on&#160;8th March 2012, at The Congress Centre, London.

	An essential briefing on your responsibilities&#160;and liabilities as property managers and landlords of residential blocks. News on the Block subscribers, log in and use this form to get your special subscriber rate.]]>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Big Health &amp; Safety Lie]]></title>
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	We often hear from clients &#8216;Is all this &#8220;Elf &#8216;n&#8217; Safety&#8221; nonsense necessary, it&#8217;s only a residential property after all!&#8217; Sadly &#8220;Elf &#8216;n&#8217; Safety&#8221; makes the job of the professional advisors so difficult to put over the very real legal obligations that face our Clients.]]>
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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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        <![CDATA[
	&#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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