Round up of posts on the Landlord Law Blog in our tenancy deposit week
Agents have closed what rights does the landlord have re the deposit?
Letting agents do sometimes close and leave their landlords footing the bill for the deposits they have failed to protect. What should the landlord do?
Tom Derrett interview on how to win deposit disputes
Tom Derrett talks about tenancy deposits and the problems that landlords can experience. He also has some good suggestions to help landlords avoid problem situations
Can I evict the tenant if I did not protect the deposit?
A landlord has had his claim thrown out of court becuase he failed to protect the deposit. He seeks advice on what he should do not.
Tom Derrett’s Deposit Protection Nightmares
Here are three bizarre deposit protection cases brought to you by Tom Derrett, author of How to Win Deposit Disputes
Can a tenant ask for two final inspections?
As this is tenancy deposit week, I have asked Tom to help me out with a few blog clinic questions. So he is the one answering todays question which comes from Matthew (not his real name): I’m unsure if this has been answered but here is my problem, I’ve asked my landlord/estate agent to preform…
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John Murray of Emsleys Solicitors and Residential Property Tribunal Chair will be taking part in the… [more]
This landlords letting agent told him the tenant had left the property in good order when in fact he… [more]
Introducing Simon Parrott of Sharman Law solicitors who will be helping me with the agency law eleme… [more]
This landlord's tenant has moved out early. He has been told he cannot claim under his rent guarant… [more]
The 8th May you may ask? What happened to Monday? Monday, you may remember was a Bank Holiday. A r… [more]
Ben confesses to his heavy metal past before discussing jugaad and the bedroom tax and complaining a… [more]
A letting agent is charging a release fee even though they have not protected the deposit. What are… [more]
Not all tenancies are the same and your rights can very quite dramatically according to what sort of… [more]
Now is probably not a good time to bring a claim for possession through the courts. Bog standard cla… [more]
Here is a question to the blog clinic from Salvina: My mother has been renting out a 2 bedroom flat,… [more]
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Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #50
[Ben Reeve Lewis refuses to let sleeping dogs lie ..] I’ve had a busy time of late. Last week brought me 7 illegal evictions, this week I have had another 3 and a brace of court cases defending mortgage borrowers from repossession, one of which brought down the wrath of Judge Freeborough on Monday who…