The 16th of January 2023 sees the first session of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill in its committee stage. Barry being on this committee questioned several panels. The first with Sebastian O'Kelly, CEO, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership and Liam Spender, Senior Associate, Velitor Law. The aim of these panels is to gather evidence for the impact of leasehold on verious different stakeholders.
The second featuring the three co-founders of the National Leasehold Campaign, namely Katie Kendrick, Jo Derbyshire and Cath Williams.
The next panel only consisted of Professor Nicholas Hopkins, Law Commissioner for property, family and trust law, Law Commission.