Looking at some interpretation issues of the Housing Act 2004 in connection with resolving claims for late tenancy deposit protection
Category Archives: Analysis
Property Guardians: (2) What is the law?
Part 2 in our short series looking at Property Guardians A few days ago Samir Jeraj wrote about the phenomenon of ‘property guardians’. People who get a low rent in exchange for looking after a property by living there. From reading Samir’s article and also the Shelter page he refers to, it looks like a…
Is the landlord responsible for the repair of kitchen white goods?
Looking at landlord and tenant legal obligations regarding the repair and maintenance of kitchen white goods and seeing where the obligation lies
Common law rules about rent – where do they come from?
I try to find the source of the common law rule that rent is payable in arrears unless the landlord and tenant specifically agree otherwise
Fast track eviction proceedure for rent arrears – some suggestions
Tenants often want longer fixed term but I argue here that this is not going to happen unless we have a fast eviction procedure for rent arrears.
My Solicitors Journal article on housing law reform
I provide pdfs of my articles for the Solicitors Journal on housing reform so you can all read them
Housing law – the bigger picture – the ebook
As you will know if you follow this blog, since June (2012) I have been setting out my thoughts on housing law and the private rented sector, and giving some suggestions for reform. That series finished today. However it is difficult to get a grip on the ideas and suggestions spread over three months worth…
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