Regular readers will remember the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Tiensia v Vision Enterprises Ltd (t/a Universal Estates). This drove a ‘coach and horses’ through the tenancy deposit legislation by saying that landlords could protect the deposit up to a day before the court hearing date. However this case was in the…
The Ministry of Justice has recently issued a major report and consultation exercise about the procedures in and use of the County Courts. The report describes the system in this way Civil justice is the area of law that deals with everyday problems such as recovering and enforcing unpaid debts, resolving civil disputes across a…
As some regular readers will know, my section 21 book went on sale very briefly, to enable me to get feedback before it is launched properly (in a few weeks time). It is interesting going through the feedback forms. Clearly this is an area that causes people a lot of problems. (A section 21 notice…
Although I wrote about tenancy deposits last week, I thought it might be helpful just to do a brief summary of the current situation from the tenants point of view. Tenancy deposits law Under the Housing Act 2004, all deposits must by law be protected with a government authorised tenancy deposit scheme within 14 days…
The time between Christmas and the New Year is a time for reflection on the past before moving forward into the future. This has been a good year for the Landlord Law Blog. Here are a few of my favorite posts. January January saw a report of a dramatic price rise from tenancy deposit company…
The problem – how to evict your tenant You have decided you need to evict your tenant. But you don’t have a lot of money to pay solicitors fees. Maybe your tenant is failing to pay rent and this is making life difficult for you. Once you get your property back you know you can…
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Are the Law Commission just wasting their time?
The post looks at a report on past Law Commission projects and says whether they will be implemented or not. It looks as if the big housing projects carried out a few years ago are being thrown on the scrap heap …