Description
Summary
This presentation covers the latest UK property law reforms aimed at strengthening tenant and leaseholder rights, simplifying leasehold processes, improving rental protections, and addressing landlord-tenant disputes through updated legislation and case law.
Key Points
- Enhanced Leaseholder Rights: New laws extend lease terms, remove restrictions on lease extensions, increase rights to manage freeholds, and regulate service charges more transparently.
- Stronger Tenant Protections: Abolition of no-fault evictions, limits on advance rent demands, new eviction grounds, and penalties for illegal landlord practices increase tenant security.
- Legal and Regulatory Updates: Introduction of landlord redress schemes, personal liability for landlord company directors, enforcement powers for housing authorities, and evolving case law on restrictive covenants and lease negotiations.
Learning Objectives
- Understand key reforms in leasehold enfranchisement, right to manage, and service charge disputes affecting leaseholders.
- Identify new tenant protections including eviction process changes, rent regulations, and legal penalties for landlords.
- Appreciate recent case law and regulatory changes shaping landlord and tenant responsibilities, property management, and dispute resolution.
