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CQS Policy: Responding to the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill (Jan 2026)

Purchase this policy: Purchase of a Leasehold policy

Change date: 18/02/2026
Word count: 105
Deployment measure: 9/10

Rationale

Draft addressing evolving legislative shifts, fee-earners must now advise that the 2026 Draft Bill proposes commonhold as the default tenure and a £250 ground rent cap. Clients should proceed under current laws while noting potential future conversion ease.

Following the publication of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill on 27 January 2026, the firm must now explicitly advise clients that the government intends to make commonhold the …

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