Enfranchisement & Right to Manage feature 2017

This guide to the key concepts is written by independent industry practitioners and includes the following articles: 

• Selling & buying a flat with a short lease: Iris-Ann Stapleton looks at the procedure
• The practical points of RTM: Stan Gallagher and Will Beetson warns of the issues that can arise 
• Elim Court: How wrong is right?  Mark Chick looks at a recent court case
• Rights of extension and purchase for leasehold houses:  There is legislation out there, says Liz Rowen 
• The 3% Stamp Duty Surcharge: Do you need to pay it?
• Tax clearance complexities: Protect your position when buying freeholds, warns Yashmin Mistry 
• Ground rents are not all bad!  David Stockley explains leasehold tenure and outlines its advantages  
• Buying a glat with a short lease: There are various options to consider, says Lesley Brentnall 
• Ground Rent: What, How And Why?  Katie Cohen offers a simple guide  to ground rent 
• Right to Manage with Lease Extensions: Leaseholders of larger blocks need not give up if they fall at the first hurdle
• Court’s clear message on approaching RTM claims: Eleanor Murray urges Right to Manage companies to follow the laws

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