Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

This eighth episode, The Death of Residential Leasehold? is hosted by Toby Boncey and Edward Blakeney, who explore the Government’s ambition to bring residential leasehold to an end and replace it with commonhold as the default form of ownership for flats. Drawing on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill 2026, the discussion examines why leasehold has become politically unpopular, the key differences between leasehold and commonhold, and the challenges involved in transitioning from one system to the other.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

The seventh episode, Are You Having a LAFRA?, is hosted by Joseph Ollech and Gavin Bennison and explores the role of human rights in property law. The discussion begins with the presenters' reflections on their own experiences of litigating human rights issues before turning to the ARC Time litigation in the High Court, in which six landlord groups challenged three key provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, arguing that they were incompatible with Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

The sixth episode in the series, A House is a Home, is hosted by Tony Radevsky, Imogen Dodds and Thomas Rothwell, who are joined by special guest Henrietta Hammonds of Beckett and Kay Chartered Surveyors. The episode focuses on Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act, covering the ban on long residential leases of houses, reforms to the existing leasehold enfranchisement regime, and changes to the regulation both of leasehold and of estate management.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

In this fifth episode, Fire Risks: Who Pays?, hosted by Paul Letman, Cecily Crampin and Roshan Panesar, the focus is on Part 5 of and Schedule 8 to the Building Safety Act 2022. The episode explores the statutory framework governing liability for the costs of remediating relevant building defects and examines its practical application through a discussion of key cases, including Adriatic Land 5 Limited v Long Leaseholders of Hippersley Point [2025] EWCA Civ 856; Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership [2025] EWCA 846; Almacantar Centre Point v de Valk [2025] UKUT 298; and Crest Nicholson v Ardmore [2026] EWHC 789 (TCC).

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

In this fourth episode, Home Safe - hosted by Catherine Taskis KC, Tricia Hemans and Ashpen Rajah - we shift focus to the Building Safety Act 2022, examining the origin and aims of the Act and the mechanics of how it operates, including the buildings covered, the regime in respect of higher-risk buildings, and Remediation Orders.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

In this third episode, The Price is Right?, Michael Ranson and Gwyneth Everson build on the discussion in Episode Two of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, this time focusing on the ban on rental auctions, restrictions on rent increases, and how the tribunal system might cope with the above.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

In this second episode, All Right(s) for Renters?, Daniel Black and Richard Miller focus on the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and in particular the death of the AST and the introduction of landlord redress schemes and the private rented sector database.

Falcon Chambers is proud to present The Residential Revolution, a new podcast series examining the significant legislative developments that have reshaped the residential landlord and tenant landscape in recent years.

Over the course of 11 episodes, we will guide you through this period of substantial reform, with particular focus on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Each episode is hosted by two members of Falcon Chambers who are expert practitioners in the field. 

In this, the opening episode, series editors Martin Dray and Tamsin Cox set the scene, charting a brief history of the remarkable developments that have taken place over the last 4 years and setting them against a timeline of relevant historical events.

On 8th July, the Court of Appeal handed down its decisions in the two Building Safety Act cases of Triathlon Homes LLP v SVDP & Othrs [2025] EWCA Civ 846 and Adriatic v Long Leaseholders of Hippersley Point [2025] EWCA Civ 856. 

In this episode, Cecily Crampin interviews Richard Miller about his involvement in the linked appeals; his views on significant elements of the judgments; and the potential impact on the wider building safety landscape.

Today, 19 November 2024, the Law Commission published its Consultation Paper on reform of Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The Consultation Paper titled, “Business Tenancies: the right to renew” aims to ensure that the Act works for today’s commercial leasehold market.

Falcon Chambers specialises in this area, and in this podcast episode five of our barristers, Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC, Stephanie Tozer KC, Adam Rosenthal KC, Emily Windsor and Daniel Black, who have been studying the Paper, outline the principal topics of interest to Solicitors, to Surveyors, and to parties in the market.