Online Seminar: ALEP Commonhold Update

In the White Paper published on 3 March 2025, the government has made plain its intention to make Commonhold fit for purpose and to make it the future form of land tenure for residential flats.

It is clear that prospect of Commonhold is now very much more likely to be a legal reality for practitioners in the years to come. The Commonhold White Paper outlines a number of areas that will need to be addressed in order to ‘fix’ Commonhold and these build in the work carried out by the Law Commission in its report from 2020.

In this session Eleanor Murray, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, and Mark Chick, Bishop & Sewell, will explore the current known issues with Commonhold and look at the plans in the White Paper to ‘fix’ it.

Although we don’t yet have a draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill this must be anticipated soon, and ALEP practitioners will no doubt want to be fully abreast of these proposed changes so that they can comment on them. It will also be important to consider the likely interplay between long leasehold and Commonhold in the future.

The Ministerial Foreword to the White Paper states the Government’s plans to consult later this year on ‘the best approach to banning leasehold flats.’ With that in mind, this session is will be of interest to leasehold practitioners to help them understand not only the issues that are likely to arise, but also to participate in what is likely to be a major debate on the future of the housing landscape.

Discounts for bookings of 3+ for ALEP members

COSTS:
Members: £80 + VAT per ticket for the first three tickets and £65 + VAT per ticket thereafter
Non-members: £100 + VAT per ticket
CPD: 1 hours

TO BOOK:
Please complete and return Booking Form
to events@alep.org.uk 

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SPEAKERS

Eleanor Murray
ALEP Advisory Committee Member, and Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Mark Chick
ALEP Director and Partner, Bishop & Sewell

• Session time: 9.30 – 10.30am
• CPD: 1hr

In this online session Eleanor Murray, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, and Mark Chick, Bishop & Sewell, will explore the current known issues with Commonhold and look at the plans in the White Paper to ‘fix’ it.

Although we don’t yet have a draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill this must be anticipated soon, and ALEP practitioners will no doubt want to be fully abreast of these proposed changes so that they can comment on them. It will also be important to consider the likely interplay between long leasehold and Commonhold in the future.