Pensioner who defied ‘complex’ service charges faces forfeiture of his...
By Sebastian O’Kelly A pensioner faces having his £800,000 flat in one of London’s prime riverside developments forfeited by court order for refusing to pay service charges that he could not...
View ArticlePlantation Wharf residents demand extraordinary general meeting to stop...
Leaseholders at Plantation Wharf are demanding an Extraordinary General Meeting to halt the legal action to forfeit the £800,000 flat of pensioner Dennis Jackson, 73. Leaflets are circulating at the...
View ArticlePlantation Wharf pensioner wins 28-day reprieve on forfeiture
… but the legal feeding frenzy continues with a £4,000 bill Dennis Jackson, 73, escaped forfeiture today of his £800,000 flat at the Plantation Wharf in Battersea. In a five-minute hearing Deputy...
View ArticleLeasehold pensioner reprieved from forfeiture … but the legal bill is £76,000...
The pensioner who had the lease on his £800,000 flat forfeited won a reprieve today when his mortgage lender stepped in to pay his outstanding debts. Dennis Jackson, 73, a former commercial...
View ArticleDennis Jackson and Plantation Wharf: Did it have to end like this?
COMMENT by Sebastian O’Kelly Two days ago when the barrister Alexander Bastin successfully asked the judge at Wandsworth County Court to throw me out of his court – citing the Human Rights Act – the...
View ArticleOne in the Eye from LKP
This week’s issue of Private Eye, the satirical magazine, has reported the Dennis Jackson forfeiture case, in which Leasehold Knowledge Partnership has been involved for the past six months. Headed...
View ArticleSebastian O’Kelly wins second press award for leasehold reform
Sebastian O’Kelly, Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation chairman and director of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, last night won a press award for his coverage of leasehold for the...
View ArticleLaw Commission: no problem employing barrister Justin Bates to reform right...
The Law Commission has rejected a concern raised by LKP that barrister Justin Bates is employed to reform right to manage legislation while engaged by an offshore landlord to try to prevent yet another...
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