Not all tenancies are the same and your rights can very quite dramatically according to what sort of tenancy you have. Find out which one YOU have with this short guide
How much do we need to pay to buy this sitting tenant out?
Here is a question to the blog clinic from Salvina: My mother has been renting out a 2 bedroom flat, in Hackney, above a restaurant to our sitting tenant (no contract) since 1985. He gives my mother as I call it ‘micky mouse money for the flat’. We would like to pay him out. Legally…
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #56
[Ben Reeve Lewis gathers up his tweets ..] As many of you will know I tweet out housing news stories all week that have caught my eye for one reason or another, hoping they might pique my followers interest. Then, when it comes time to write this news round article I gather together all my…
Section 21, deposits and a pyrrhic victory
There have been a few annoyed reports from landlords in the past, complaining about the DPS failing to return deposits because the court failed to order this. Here we have the opposite. A loyal Landlord Law Blog reader has sent me a brief report of a section 21 claim she made where the Judge, wrongly,…
What can we do to evict this terrible tenant?
Here is a question to the blog clinic from Mary (not her real name): I have a tenant who has never paid any rent (apart from a small intial payment). I have tried to evict her for non-payment of rent, however, she has launched a counterclaim against up making up all sorts of allegations against…
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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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Problems pending in the County Courts from now until August
Now is probably not a good time to bring a claim for possession through the courts. Bog standard claims will probably go through all right but I predict dire delays for cases where non standard hearings are required. Strike action My inbox has brought me two news items which will fill all those who use…