LM Homes Ltd v Queen Court Freehold Co Ltd

Subject Matter

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)

[2020] EWCA Civ 371; [2020] QB 890; [2020] 2 WLR 1135; [2020] WLR(D) 162, CA

Appellate History