I had a conversation recently with a worker at a legal ‘not for profit’ organisation (who wishes to remain anonymous) who is in despair about their Housing Court Desk Duty Scheme. She had been using student volunteers in addition to the qualified helpers. The student volunteers were all law students from a local college. They…
Despite the comments made in my previous post on complaints about the DPS, I have received a few further emails and blog comments outlining further problems with the DPS service. In one of my comments to this post, I mention the complaints procedure which is referred to in the FAQ on the DPS web-site. However…
I am obliged to the Pain Smith blog for letting me know me about a forthcoming change in the Gas Regs, which will come into effect on 1 April. From then on, gas inspections need to be done by installers registered with the Gas Safe Register operated by Capita. This is because CORGIs contract with…
Further to my earlier post on this topic, I have spotted an interesting item on the BBC News web-site. This gives more information about the signs to spot a cannabis factory, and is well worth reading, plus there is an informative video. Generally though landlords need to do regular inspections, and if a tenant consistently…
There is a report of a new tenancy deposit case on the Nearly Legal website. (Piggott v Slaven, Great Grimsby County Court 23 February 2009.) Although this is a County Court decision and therefore cannot bind Judges in future cases, it is interesting, and may be worrying for many landlords. It appears that in this…
Although it is not directly related to housing law, I feel I ought to draw readers attention to an excellent comment in the Law Society Gazette from Michael Burdett who previously helped the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to set up the CDS (i.e. Criminal Defence Service) direct scheme. As someone who has worked with the…
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Liability of ‘let only’ agents for the deposit under the TDPS
I have been meaning to comment on the post on the Pain Smith blog recently on tenancy deposits and ‘let only’ agents. However Francis Davey on the Nearly Legal blog has beaten me to it. It only remains therefore for me to refer you to the original posting by Pain Smith, and the subsequent posting…