Residents at Knights Court in Coventry were not happy to get a poster on their notice board earlier this month to say they are going to have to pay more for a fire risk assessment. In the past Peverel included the assessments as part of the service charges. Now they are to be farmed out […]
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation campaign reported in Mail on Sunday
November 12, 2012 By
An excellent article yesterday on the state of Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation’s campaign and retirement leasehold in the Mail on Sunday. It was written by Richard Dyson and is the second piece by Richard on leasehold in two weeks. It can be read here. Entitled ‘I beat bullying managing agents on excessive charges’: Retirement home owners […]
Pensioner who defied service charges faces forfeiture of his £800,000 flat
November 9, 2012 By
By Sebastian O’Kelly A pensioner faces having his £800,000 flat in one of London’s prime riverside developments forfeited by court order for refusing to pay service charges that he could not understand. Astonishingly, the court action on November 28 is being pursued by the pensioner’s own neighbours in Plantation Wharf, Battersea – who may shortly […]
‘Drive your MPs nearly mad to change leasehold,’ says Baroness Gardner
November 8, 2012 By
Around 250 leaseholders met in London tonight to hear Baroness Gardner of Parkes say that reform of the troubled sector is at last very much on the political agenda. “But to see this through you must keep on campaigning: make a real nuisance of yourselves,” she told the audience. “You have to drive MPs nearly mad […]
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP leasehold websites top 70,000 page views a month
November 5, 2012 By
The Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation and Leasehold Knowledge Partnership websites have confirmed their position as a vital information resource for ordinary leaseholders. Figures from Awstats show that the combined readership of the LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation websites topped 70,000 page views in October. This is an astonishing number and shows that […]
Young barrister who won ‘legal torture’ case nominated for an award
November 2, 2012 By
The young barrister who represented for free the pensioners in the notorious ‘legal torture’ case at Oakland Court in Worthing is up for an award. Stephanie Smith, a barrister in her twenties, defeated Justin Bates, who was acting for the freehold-owning landlord and is a more senior lawyer in her Arden Chambers. Bates is an […]
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation re-introduces a ‘Forum’ – please do use it to share information
October 31, 2012 By
Last time Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation attempted a forum we had to abandon the process owing to technical issues. It seemed to be slowing the whole site down. We are now reviving one and very much hope that Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation readers will make it an active and vital part of the […]
Full Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP briefing notes on leasehold abuses for MPs
October 31, 2012 By
The following document was handed to MPs and Lords who attended the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP meeting at Westminster yesterday: From ‘legal torture’ to £1 million repayments to leaseholders A briefing by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership and the Campaign Against Retirement Leasehold Exploitation- LKP/Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation. The meeting has been […]
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation supporter’s plea to DCLG civil servant to attend MPs’ meeting was ignored
October 31, 2012 By
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation supporter Michael Hollands is furious that civil servants at the Department of Communities and Local Government declined to attend the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP meeting with MPs yesterday. Hollands, who is a constituent in Nottingham of Kenneth Clark, urged the named official – who has responsibility for […]
Bottomley demands meeting with Housing Minister Mark Prisk
October 30, 2012 By
Sir Peter Bottomley chairs meeting over leasehold reform at his Westminster offices this afternoonSir Peter Bottomley is to calling for an urgent meeting about leasehold issues with Housing Minister Mark Prisk, following the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation conference at Westminster this afternoon. “It is quite clear that pensioners and other […]
Retirement leasehold is a dud property investment, says Mail on Sunday
October 28, 2012 By
A bleak but truthful article by Richard Dyson in the Mail on Sunday analyses the plummeting values of retirement leasehold — and highlights the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation MPs’ meeting on Tuesday. Most articles in newspapers about retirement property are just venal puffs that are run in order to bring in the adverts. Unwelcome […]
Speakers at next week’s MPs meeting on leasehold
October 24, 2012 By
The line-up of speakers at next Tuesday’s Leasehold Knowledge Partnership / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation meeting at Westminster for MPs and Lords, which is being hosted by Sir Peter Bottomley (right), MP for Worthing West, has been finalised. They will include the authors of three key reports on leasehold which have been published this […]
