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A seven part video course available from School for Landlords on increasing rent the proper way - and why it is necessary[more]

Inventories are essential if you take a deposit from your tenant. This video has essential information about why you need them and how they can be obtained.[more]

Asking agents for the landlords address

Have these agents properly complied with Helen's request to be provided with her landlords address under the Landlord & Tenant Act.[more]

Featured series: foundations in Landlord & Tenant Law
Foundations of landlord and tenant law – it begins

Over the five years or so that I have been writing this blog I have written a lot about various aspe[more]

Land Law, a bit of history, and the two estates in land

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 1 Land law is pretty complicated. The subject ma[more]

Owning property with other people – the rules

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 2 Often people want to own property together. For ex[more]

A digression on equity and the Court of Chancery

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 3 I had thought of leaving this bit out, as it is no[more]

Its all in the contract

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 4 As well as being an ‘estate in land’ (looked a[more]

Tenancies and how land law and contract law work together

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 5 We have had a look at land law, and the rules wher[more]

The six most important elements of a tenancy or lease

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 6 For a tenancy – what are the essential eleme[more]

Common law and statute

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 7 In the beginning there was the common law. As disc[more]

Differentiating tenancies from business lets and long leases

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 8 This series of posts is directed towards increasin[more]

The basic rules of tenancies – before the codes

Before we consider the statutory codes we need to look at the rules which apply under the pre existi[more]

Regulations on repairs and eviction rights

Looking at the legislation protecting tenants rights on unlawful eviction and disrepair[more]

The Rent Act 1977 in context

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 11 A hundred years ago … It would probably sur[more]

Explaining the Housing Act 1988

My Foundations in Landlord and Tenant Law series has reached the present, and here we look at the Ho[more]

The social rented sector

Looking at social housing law - a quick history and a bit about tenancy types[more]

Regulations in housing law

Looking at the various regulations which apply to landlords and tenants when renting property[more]

Foundations in Landlord and tenant law – summing it all up

Well here we are at the end of the series. If you have read it all, I hope you enjoyed it and that y[more]

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Do you have a Court hearing coming up?

Court hearings can be very scary but with this guide you will know what to do. Gives help on prepar[more]

Should landlords pay their tenants’ water bills?

This is a question government is asking (per s45 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010) after i[more]

The new tenancy deposit rules that will put you at risk

Landlords need to protect deposits. But they must serve a form giving prescribed information. Have [more]

Landlord Law Blog looks back on 2011

Our annual retrospective and look back at past posts in 2011. Something for you to read while we ta[more]

Legal aid cuts – bad news for landlords

Landlords need the courts for recovering possession from bad tenants. So anything which is likely t[more]

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