Smith v Jafton Properties Ltd

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Leasehold enfranchisement — Tenant's right to acquire reversion — Claimants purchasing lease of freehold property and assigning to company — Company converting property into four flats and transferring two flats to each claimant separately and common parts jointly — Whether each claimant sole tenant of two flats or joint tenant of all four flats — Whether claimants qualifying tenants — Whether entitled to enfranchisement — Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, ss 5, 101(3)

[2012] Ch 519; [2012] 2 WLR 527