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Ashley Wilson Solicitors is an established, boutique law firm specialising in London property law. We offer unrivalled personal service and extensive expertise developed over 30 years since our inception by senior partner Tony Wilson.
Operating from our offices in London Bridge and South Kensington we offer our services to residential, commercial and corporate clientele who require a prompt and efficient service to complete their conveyancing processes as well as a range of additional and related activities including litigation, commercial property matters, Wills, Trusts and Probate.
Our dynamic team offer an energetic approach and believe in providing the highest quality service for our clients and delivering on agreed objectives at minimal cost and disruption.
Our capabilities span a range of property law related areas and our team of experienced solicitors can provide you with the expert level of advice you require across the full spectrum of your property portfolio.
Residential conveyancing naturally forms a large part of our work and due to the nature of property in the capital, we are able to act on your behalf in all aspects of your property. We act for both landlords and tenants in the creation and management of tenancy agreements, dispute resolution and litigation as well as personal estate and equity based legal services.
From a commercial standpoint our expertise covers both corporate and business property portfolio management, commercial property conveyancing as well as litigation and contract disputes between landlords and commercial entities.
The deferment rate is relevant to residential leaseholders whether they are a house owner seeking their freehold, a flat owner seeking a longer lease of their flat or the freehold to their building acting in concert with other flat owners.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LaFRA) represents a significant shift in property ownership laws in England and Wales, aiming to enhance the rights of residential leaseholders, this being flat and house owners.
While it received Royal Assent on 24th May 2024 only a few provisions were brought into effect then, and it wasn’t until the end of January that the first change relating to enfranchisement rights came into effect. This was the removal of the requirement to have owned your flat or house for two years before you could claim an extended lease or the freehold to your house.
Now a number of provisions of the LaFRA relating to the Right to Manage (RTM) have been brought
The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) came into force on 28 June 2022. It created new financial protections around the cost of remediation of historical safety defects for leaseholders of buildings at or above 11 metres or five storeys with historical safety defects.
While flat owners who benefit from this protection will welcome this unfortunately there are problems around the conveyancing process as it adjusts to the effect of the complex new rules which may adversely affect the sales process and the Government overlooked the effect of the legislation on flat owners extending their leases.
