A number of colleagues and I attended the Federation of Private Residents Associations (FPRA) AGM in Central London on 10th November 2014. I was speaking to delegates about lease extensions and buying your freehold in a number of workshops.

Other speakers included Rt Hon Keith Hill who spoke on ARMA-Q and the regulation of managing agents and the leasehold sector. The conference was expertly chaired by the FPRA’s own Bob Smytherman.

A number of interesting questions were raised by speakers, including the total number of leasehold properties in England and Wales (2.5M or 5M?), the likely figure (I believe closer to 4.2M).

If anyone would like to get in contact to discuss any questions arising from the workshops then by all means email leasehold@bishopandsewell.co.uk

I had the job of chairing the 15th ALEP Conference held at the Royal Institution in Central London. There were a number of interesting debates including the 47 Philimore Gardens decision and the ongoing debate about relativity, and also the Dolphin Square decision.

Speakers included James Wilson from WA Ellis (Jones Lang Lasalle), Katharine Simpson from Pemberton Greenish, Mark Loveday from Tanfield Chambers and Sophie Chick and James Buckle from Savills. There is some more information on these points discussed on my other site leaseholdreformnews.com.