Over the five years or so that I have been writing this blog I have written a lot about various aspects of landlord and tenant law, and I have also done several series, in particular my series on tenancy agreements.
However I have never done a proper series about the basics of landlord and tenant law. But I should do really, as it underpins everything I write about.
Lessons in law
So I have decided to write a weekly series which will cover the legal basics – the nuts and bolts of the legal system as it applies to landlords and tenants. The series as a whole will be called Foundations of Landlord and Tenant law, but the individual posts will have their own names.
Landlord and tenant law is a type of land law, so I am going to start by explaining (as best I can) some of the basic principles of land law. Its also a type of contract law, so I had better have a go at explaining that as well.
The series will then wend its way through the highways and byways of landlord and tenant law, looking at how a lease is created and ended, the common law, and the various statutory codes which govern how the different kinds of lease operate in practice.
We will also take a look from time to time, at some of the more important cases which have affected the development of landlord and tenant law. Cases are important, and they are the way that Judges have over the years created the common law.
I am also going to talk a little bit about legal history. I happen to think that the history of law is important and quite interesting, and its not something that most people know very much about. You never know, you may end up finding it interesting too!
Focus on the Private Rented Sector
I will be touching on all types of lease but the series as a whole will be aimed at explaining things in the private rented sector. That is after all the sector this blog is primarily for.
Mad, bonkers and difficult to know
Hopefully the series won’t be boring. People automatically tend to think that law is boring, but actually it isn’t – it is all about people and the mad, bonkers and devious things that they do. It is something we all ought to learn – we are presumed to know it and, if you are a landlord or a tenant, it is an important (albeit largely unknown) part of your life.
At present I have some 15 posts mapped out but I suspect the series will end up being longer than that. For example I am thinking of adding a few posts concentrating on just one specific important case, and I am sure that there will be other posts inspired by your questions.
Voyage into t’unknown
I hope you will ask questions, and (particularly if you are a lawyer and think I am wrong about something) make comments. Although this is going to largely be a series where I write and tell you what I know, I don’t know everything.
So it will also be a voyage of discovery. I hope you will come with me.
(Note – you will find an index here)
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