Cawthorne and others v Hamdan: LT 6 Mar 2006

LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT – collective enfranchisement – preliminary issue – nominee purchasers had appealed to Lands Tribunal against decision of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal fixing price to be paid for freehold – shortly before Lands Tribunal hearing freeholder serves notice under Schedule 9 paragraph 5 of Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 requiring a lease back of a flat – dispute as to whether freeholder too late to serve such a notice and whether Lands Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine the point – whether freeholder also too late to serve such a notice by reason of a vesting order having been made by the County Court or by reason of estoppel by convention.

Citations:

[2006] EWLands LRA – 22 – 2003

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 13 August 2022; Ref: scu.238958