The government has no plans to introduce changes to leasehold law, regulated managing agents, enforce a code of practice or even insist that managing agents belong to an ombudsman scheme. That was the answer on Tuesday in the Lords to Baroness Gardner, who is a former dentist known as Trixie who is from Australia – […]
Earlier press coverage
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Peverel: how to sell up and avoid the fees
Are you in a retirement property, and in a position of trying to break free fron Peverel? Maybe you’ve decided to move. Or maybe bereavement has forced a sale. Here are a few pointers to guide you on your way, which have been collated from actual experiences. However, if any of you have anything to […]
How the media reported the tenants fighting back in 2011
Tenants are Fighting Back There were a number of excellent articles on leasehold in the press during 2011, but we are singling out Patrick Collinson’s comprehensive Guardian article of 12th February: “The Peverel Tenants who are Fighting back”. (See our Press Page for the link to this article.) Patrick detailed the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decisions […]
How Southern Cross became an investment vehicle that couldn’t deliver
2011 has been a tumultuous year in the entire financial world. However, some of the scandals which have been exposed have impacted particularly on the elderly. For starters, in June, Southern Cross lept into the limelight, for all the wrong reasons. Southern Cross was a significant player in the Care Homes sector, with 752 care […]