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Lambeth legal costs explode as council spends millions extending property leases
Lambeth Council’s spending on legal fees has increased dramatically in recent years, rising from around £10 million in 2019 to £30 million in 2024, Brixton Buzz can reveal. The costs are largely to extend leases on properties Lambeth manages in Streatham. Cabinet papers in 2020 noted that “The cost of individual lease extensions was estimated as c.£13.6m in 2018 and will now have risen to an estimated £15m due to the reduction in the remaining u…
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Lambeth legal costs explode as council spends millions extending property leases
Lambeth Council’s spending on legal fees has increased dramatically in recent years, rising from around £10 million in 2019 to £30 million in 2024, Brixton Buzz can reveal. The costs are largely to extend leases on properties Lambeth manages in Streatham. Cabinet papers in 2020 noted that “The cost of individual lease extensions was estimated as c.£13.6m in 2018 and will now have risen to an estimated £15m due to the reduction in the remaining u…
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