Once a house, always a house?
Greenish, Damian
Once a house, always a house? - 2008 - Solicitors' Journal 152(7) 19 February 2008, 18-20(2) .
Considers how the case of Boss Holdings v Grosvenor West End Properties and others (L142656) will affect future leasehold enfranchisements. Reviews previous cases addressing the definition of a house. Explains the Boss judgment that the building's original purpose is the deciding factor. There is no requirement that a house be currently suitable for habitation. Considers the surprising conclusion, based on language in the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, that a building is a house even if subsequently adapted for another use. Argues that some buildings which would not have originally been intended now fall within scope of the Act.
BOSS HOLDINGS LTD V GROSVENOR WEST END PROPERTIES LTD AND ANOTHER
LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967 S2(1)
England and Wales--1543-
Once a house, always a house? - 2008 - Solicitors' Journal 152(7) 19 February 2008, 18-20(2) .
Considers how the case of Boss Holdings v Grosvenor West End Properties and others (L142656) will affect future leasehold enfranchisements. Reviews previous cases addressing the definition of a house. Explains the Boss judgment that the building's original purpose is the deciding factor. There is no requirement that a house be currently suitable for habitation. Considers the surprising conclusion, based on language in the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, that a building is a house even if subsequently adapted for another use. Argues that some buildings which would not have originally been intended now fall within scope of the Act.
BOSS HOLDINGS LTD V GROSVENOR WEST END PROPERTIES LTD AND ANOTHER
LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967 S2(1)
England and Wales--1543-