Legal background
The main legislation relevant to the rights of residential leaseholders is:
the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;
Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988;
the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;
the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.