Tribunal slams ‘connected’ leasehold insurance arrangement

Council flats in poor housing estate with many social welfare issues in Linwood UK

A tribunal has ruled that leaseholders in a block of flats were overcharged by 145% after it had “not been presented with one item of documentary evidence to suggest that the insurance premiums for the building are competitive”.

The tribunal decided E&J Estates, which according to its website “manages the freeholds of over 1,600 buildings across the UK”, overcharged leaseholders in the flats at Hollins Court Bank in Blackburn

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Government to consult on leasehold commission ban

In a written statement published yesterday, the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has said the government “will go out to consultation very shortly on the detail of the Act’s ban on buildings insurance remuneration”.

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