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COVID-19

Leaseholder Meetings in Lockdown

By Bernie Wales / 13th October 2020 / Comments Off on Leaseholder Meetings in Lockdown

Since the lockdown measures were introduced in March 2020, property managers across England and Wales have been asked one question repeatedly … “How can we hold Leaseholder Meetings in Lockdown”. The need for Resident Management Companies, Resident Freehold Companies and Right to Manage Companies to hold AGMs and EGMs has not gone away, even though…

First-tier Tribunal Hearings : Coronavirus Paper Determinations

By Bernie Wales / 24th April 2020 / Comments Off on First-tier Tribunal Hearings : Coronavirus Paper Determinations

On 8th April 2020, the government issued new procedures for Property Tribunals to follow in the light of COVID-19 and the social distancing put in place to combat the virus. First-tier Tribunal hearings currently cannot be held safely ‘face to face’ and therefore the government has decided ‘paper determinations’ will become the norm. The worry…

Property Service Charges Holiday

By Bernie Wales / 9th April 2020 /

Google alerted me to a question on the Property118 website entitled Property Service Charges Holiday? <<< Read it by clicking the link. The subject of a “Service Charges Holiday” was recently discussed by managing agents during their current weekly COVID-19 “Zoom briefings” with ARMA chief executive; Nigel Glen. Those e-briefings have been very useful for…