Housing Minister Lobbied at Event With Pro-Leasehold Lawyers
Eyebrows have been raised in SW1 over Housing Minister Matthew Pennycooks’s attendance at an event hosted by Landmark Chambers last week. Tickets went for £199 + VAT…
Leasehold reform was up for discussion at the event. Four of Landmark Chambers’ team are suing the government on behalf of Freeholders against Gove’s Leasehold Act, which the last Tory government pushed through in washup. Labour went further in their manifesto, pledging to “act where the Conservatives have failed and finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end.” Since the King’s Speech Labour ministers have kept studiously quiet on the leasehold issue and that pledge…
One Landmark Chambers barrister posted on LinkedIn: “It was a privilege to be able to advocate in favour of saving leases with a Minister in attendance. Let’s hope the plan to abolish the “feudal” system of leasehold is just a sound bite!” Pennycook was directly lobbied…
Leader of the Commons Lucy Powell posted on Twitter over the weekend that Labour is “quickly enacting” leasehold reform. That tweet is now deleted. Curious…
Pernicious lawfare is increasingly dominating in the UK since Labour has come to power. Love-ins with vested interest lawyers won’t do much to reassure the public that Labour is serious on its manifesto pledge…
