I'm reading up on the principle of 'quiet enjoyment' and harassment and have found some documentation on the debate in the House of Commons relating to the Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Act 2002. The bit of interest to me is the reasons for implementation of the restriction on a LL issuing a s146 notice before determination of a breach. The discussion on this part of the Act can be found here.
I assume there must have been some earlier debate though and have not been able to find anything. Does anybody remember why this legislation came into being?
Was it:
i) To free the Courts of some of the workload?
ii) To provide leaseholders with a less imposing environment than the Courts?
iii) To make LL's think twice before taking the forfeiture route?
iv) To stop the threat of forfeiture being used as intimidation and coercion?
v) something else?
I assume there must have been some earlier debate though and have not been able to find anything. Does anybody remember why this legislation came into being?
Was it:
i) To free the Courts of some of the workload?
ii) To provide leaseholders with a less imposing environment than the Courts?
iii) To make LL's think twice before taking the forfeiture route?
iv) To stop the threat of forfeiture being used as intimidation and coercion?
v) something else?