Problems with a co tenant … I recieved this Landlord Law Blog Clinic entry today from Sharon (not her real name): I have a 6 months tenancy contract for where I am living at present. It is a joint tenancy with a friend. When we were getting ready to move in she, conveniently, informed me…
Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 4 As well as being an ‘estate in land’ (looked at in part 1) a lease or tenancy is also a type of contract. So we need to take a look at contract law. Contract law is a very important area of law which affects all of us in our…
Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 3 I had thought of leaving this bit out, as it is not essential to landlord and tenant law. But it is an important part of our legal history and comes into all sorts of things, so I thought I had better just mention it. Anyway it…
There are probably a lot of angry landlords out there. Landlords who were sued by their tenants for the deposit of three times the deposit sum because they failed to protect, and were ordered to pay up. Why are they angry? Because if they were to be sued now, they could protect late and avoid…
Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 2 Often people want to own property together. For example: A husband and wife may own their house jointly Business partners may own the lease for their shop premises together Brothers and sisters may be left a property jointly when their parents die Several friends may rent…
Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 1 Land law is pretty complicated. The subject matter, land, is after all both very important and limited. There may be a few bits at the edge of the country where land is dropping into the sea, and other bits where new land is being created (by…
If you want to bring a claim against your landlord because he has not protected your deposit you may find it hard to find someone to act for you. Most of us who used to provide fixed fee services for tenancy deposit claims, have taken them off the market because of the current uncertainties in…
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