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16 February 2026

Rise in leasehold fee impacts pensioners – Scott Goldstein featured in GB News

Property dispute expert Scott Goldstein, Partner at Payne Hicks Beach LLP, has been featured in GB News on a case of a pensioner facing escalating costs in her leasehold fees.

Scott provided comment proposed reforms in the government’s upcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, would stop such cases in the future.

 

Click here to read the full article: Retiree ‘hoodwinked’ after leasehold fees rise by almost £400 – ‘my small state pension isn’t enough!’

Scott’s comments have been reproduced below with kind permission.


Scott Goldstein, property litigation partner at Payne Hicks Beach, cautioned: “The concern is to make sure that the system is ready to cope. Lenders must be encouraged to give mortgages to purchase flats held on commonhold.”


For further information, please contact Scott Goldstein, Partner in the Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution department, or alternatively, telephone 07904 916 241.

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