Legal

  • Quiet enjoyment: a case study

    Quiet enjoyment: a case study

    13th January 2021

    The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) examines a recent Upper Tribunal decision concerning the Tribunal’s jurisdiction and home owners’ entitlement to ‘quiet enjoyment’ on a park The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (“UT”) case between Away Resorts Ltd and Ms Morgan (Sandy…

  • WHAT IS THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL?

    WHAT IS THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL?

    16th December 2020

    The Leasehold Advisory Service explains more about what the First-tier Tribunal does and how it can help you resolve park home disputes… The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (“Tribunal”) deals with proceedings relating to park/mobile homes. Until 1 July 2013 such matters were…

  • NEW FIT AND PROPER PERSON REGULATIONS

    NEW FIT AND PROPER PERSON REGULATIONS

    18th November 2020

    The Government recently published the new Fit and Proper Person Regulations. The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) explains more… The English Government has published the new Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020.…

  • Dealing with harassment

    Dealing with harassment

    21st October 2020

    The Leasehold Advisory Service’s Anna Tomasik and Richard Hand examine the issue of harassment and explain what you can do if you believe you are a victim Park home owners who live on a protected site and have a residential…

  • EXAMINING SITE RULES

    EXAMINING SITE RULES

    26th August 2020

    The Leasehold Advisory Service’s Victor Munis takes a look at some of the issues surrounding site rules and unpicks exactly what you need to know… A site rule affecting a mobile home is an express term of each agreement between…

  • INHERITANCE: DON’T BE FOOLED!

    INHERITANCE: DON’T BE FOOLED!

    8th July 2020

    Do not be confused by a will that gifts you a park home without the right to occupy it. The Leasehold Advisory Service’s Anna Tomasik and Richard Hand examine the rules surrounding inheritance… At LEASE Park Homes, we get a…

  • Repairs on site – who is  responsible?

    Repairs on site – who is responsible?

    6th May 2020

    Communal grass cutting is the site owner’s responsibility The Leasehold Advisory Service’s Richard Hand tackles the issue of repairs on park sites and attempts to clarify the legal position for residents and site owners At LEASE Park Homes, we get…

  • HERE TO HELP!

    HERE TO HELP!

    8th April 2020

    The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) has its own successful park homes’ arm. In conversation with LEASE, we find out exactly what services the organisation can offer park home residents… Q: WHO ARE LEASE? A: We are non-departmental public body funded…

  • BE REASONABLE!

    BE REASONABLE!

    11th March 2020

    Ibraheem Dulmeer, barrister and mediator at Normanton Chambers, examines the issue of unreasonable conduct during litigation and the potential cost consequences… The general consensus is that litigation is the last port of call. Churchill famously said ‘to jaw-jaw is always…

  • SECURITY OF TENURE

    SECURITY OF TENURE

    11th February 2020

    Do you have proper security of tenure on your park home site? The Leasehold Advisory Service’s Anna Tomasik and Kemi Adedeji look at how and the Mobile Homes Act 1983 is applied to this issue in light of Romans Park…