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LEASE Training
LEASE Webinars
Join us on 15 March 2012 for Varying the residential lease - what managers and lawyers ought to know, a presentation by Nicholas Kissen. Book now.
LEASE 2011/12 training programme
For training on residential leasehold law.
Section 20 Consultation
Service charges for residential leaseholders
Shared ownership
Tackling bad management
Courses can be fully tailored to your requirements.
LEASE Articles
- Should I be offered the right to buy the freehold of my building?
- How to discover what's behind your service charges
- Tenant's failure to respond to proceedings - default judgment in forfeiture for service charge arrears
- Pros and Cons of Buying the Freehold
- Extending a Flat Lease – The 80 Year Trap
- Tenant takeover
- Recovering payment out of time
- Recent cases on service charge accounts and recovery of costs
- Your rights when subletting
- How to Appoint a Manager
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Frequently Asked Questions
- The freehold has been sold without being offered to us. What can I do?
- I own the freehold of a building containing flats. The leaseholders want to buy the freehold. Do I have to sell it to them?
- I have a shared ownership lease. Do I have a right to extend my lease?
- What can I do if I disagree with an administration charge?
- What happens at the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) hearing?
- I am the leaseholder of a house. Who should arrange the insurance for the building?
- How long will it take to buy the freehold of my house?
- How do I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) for my service charge to be determined?
LEASE Staff
LEASE's advisers are all qualified lawyers. LEASE is managed by a Board of individuals representing the principal interests in the leasehold system - the leasehold tenants, the landlords, the lenders, solicitors and surveyors, under an independent Chairman. The Board controls the general policies of the Service and ensures its independent and impartial approach.
It has the resources of a professional practice panel which includes solicitors, valuers, chartered surveyors and property managers to ensure the accuracy of information provided.
In addition we maintain close contact and liaison with professional bodies and agencies, together with Leaseholders' organisations, involved in leasehold issues.
Lease Staff
Anthony Essien, Chief Executive
Shabnam Ali-Khan, Senior Legal Adviser
Nicholas Kissen, Senior Legal Adviser
Joy Akah-Douglas, Legal Adviser
Dona Awano, Legal Adviser
Thomas Frith, Legal Adviser
Chris Humphreys, Legal Adviser
Nadeem Hussain, Legal Adviser
Christopher Last, Legal Adviser
Fenella Maddan, Legal Adviser
Simon Masters, Legal Adviser
Ausilia Matraxia, Legal Adviser
Ella Norman, Legal Adviser
Alero Orimoloye, Legal Adviser
Naomi Raymond, Legal Adviser
Anna Sanz, Legal Adviser
Simon Tye, Legal Adviser