“Long overdue report” lamented by Archbishop, a non-canonical consecration, and Tory leadership contender’s threats to leave the EHRC…

…all of which might have filled out a quiet week of news, but none were strictly within the remit of L&RUK.

But was the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act legal?

John Lyon’s Charity has launched judicial review proceedings against the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, seeking a High Court declaration that the Act violates the right to property under the Human Rights Act 1998 and A1P1 ECHR. The issue is the exclusion of so-called “marriage value”, which is the additional value gained when the landlord’s and leaseholder’s separate interests are ‘married’ into a single ownership. Continue reading →