This is a question to the Blog Clinic from Caroline (not her real name) who is a tenant: Can a tenancy agreement be broken because of an infestation of Bed Bugs that has come from the flat above? Short answer – “No!” Unless I suppose the landlord was responsible for the flat upstairs. Otherwise it…
I am very grateful to a loyal Landlord Law Blog reader for referring me to this story here in ‘This is Hull and East Riding’. We all know that the police (on the whole) are pretty useless when it comes to knowledge and understanding of tenants rights. However Sergeant and landlord Christopher Hine took this…
Bens normal summary of the news. This week he is worrying about mortgage repossessions
I summarise blog posts over the past week and give some recommended reading
Possession orders and some technical questions about stays, bailiffs and so on
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Accelerated possession proceedings defences #11
The tenancy deposit has not been protected. This is an important defence and one that is set to become more significant after the changes to the tenancy deposit regulations come into force next April. The situation now If the tenancy deposit has not been protected AND the notice giving prescribed information has not been given…