Strengthening leaseholder protections over fees, charges and services: consultation
Litigation costs: transition to the new litigation costs regime
x) Transition to the new litigation costs regime
- Landlords, leaseholders and the sector more generally will need time to adapt to the new litigation costs provisions. Most notably, we will need to ensure that there is a robust policy for how these measures will come into effect for cases already in the courts, and that there is limited scope for abuse or manipulation.
- Our initial view is that there should be a date set a certain amount of time after the regulations bringing these measures into effect are made, and any applications made on or after that date should be treated as being made under the new rules introduced in the 2024 Act. Applications made before this date would be treated under the existing rules, and cases run through to completion.