Excerpt from Pros and Cons of Leasehold Enfranchisement The main facts in the history of the agitation for Lease hold Enfranchisement are few and fairly simple. According to the Daily News, the movement was at the outset based in great measure on aesthetic considerations. "The ugly, lamentable effects of the leasehold system upon domestic architecture, and the ugly and lamentable effects of that architecture upon the tastes and the character of dwellers in 'brick-boxes' - that, rather than the fiscal and other material injustices of the leasehold system, was what chiefly arrested the attention of Review writers on the question sixteen years ago. When, a dozen years later, the politicians and publicists took the question up systematically, they soon discovered they were labouring upon a soil fully prepared." Foremost among the fortunate persons here referred to stood Mr. Henry Broadhurst, who was then member for Stoke, Mr. James Rowlands, who is now member for Finsbury, and Mr. Howard Evans, the author of "Our Old Nobility" and other useful works. These three gentlemen some four years ago founded the Lease holds Enfranchisement Association, of which the first-named is past-President, the second is Secretary, and the last is Honorary Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Leasehold Enfranchisement It is not for me to decry their intelligence in adopting such a method of controversy, but I do say that the reasons which they allege against professional criticism, viz., that it is prejudiced by the fear that legal profits will be decreased, is founded on an entire misconception. If any sweeping change in our land laws were made, it is certain that it would create for the present generation of real property lawyers a large increase of business, and we are not so unpractical a class as to concern ourselves over much with the prospects of our professional successors. A radical change in an extensive field of law cannot be brought about without affecting the rights of many persons; and in the clash of conflicting interests lawyers are not likely to find lack of work. Every new statute requires judicial interpretation, for Parliamentary wisdom does not usually manifest itself in perspicuous diction, and so far as I know the Legislature has never yet succeeded in giving birth to an Act which is free from ambiguity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This practical book is designed to help solicitors guide their clients through the complicated qualification requirements, serving of notices, and organisation of collective enfranshisement claims and right to manage claims as well as for the individual rights to extend the lease of a house or flat.