The Weekly Law Reports
[2020] 2 WLR 1135
Court of Appeal
LM Homes Ltd and others v Queen Court Freehold Co Ltd
[2020] EWCA Civ 371
2020 March 5; 13
Lewison, Lindblom, Leggatt LJJ
Landlord and tenant— Collective enfranchisement— Tenants’ right to acquire reversion— Tenants claiming to exercise right to collective enfranchisement of block of flats— Whether tenants entitled to acquire leases of airspace, basement and sub-soil— Whether airspace and sub-soil part of “premises”— Whether part of “building”— Whether airspace, basement and sub-soil “common parts”— Whether acquisition of such leases reasonably necessary for proper management or maintenance of common parts—
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c 28), ss 1(1), 2(3), 3(1), 101(1)