Thankfully the Court of Appeal has decided that Ms Old’s six months paymnet of rent in advance were not a deposit that required protection under the tenancydeposit rules
Tag Archive: case law
Councils sue landlords under the Proceeds of Crime Act
Councils and the courts are getting tough on landlords who fail to comply with the law, and are starting to use the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to make breaking the law an expensive pastime. Here are two cases. Norwich City Council – Mr Jospeh Howman – Norwich Magistrates Court – 12/10/2012 Howman pleased guilty to nine…
Housing Law Casebook 5th Edition – by Nic Madge and Claire Sephton
A housing law classic this, now available in a Kindle version. I take a look at this and consider whether using a kindle is a good idea for this book
Bad landlords – three successful prosecutions
Reporting on three court cases where landlords were successfully prosecuted by their local authority.
Case law digest by Destin Solutions
I have recently learned of a new case law service, called the Case Law Digest. It is provided by Destin Solutions and authored by the well known and respected housing expert Jan Luba QC, so you can be sure that it is accurate. Destin specialise in providing services to Local Authorities, and the service is…
Can landlords be liable to neighbours for tenants from Hell?
The topic of this blog post is similar in many ways to the post I did on Monday about nightmare co-tenants (which has attracted some great comments by the way). The neighbours from hell What do you do if you find that the rented property next door to yours suddenly has the tenants from Hell…
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Landlord wins compensation claim against surveyor
I was interested to see in the Observer on Sunday, a report about Emmett Scullion, a buy-to-let landlord, who has won £72,000 compensation from a surveyor who overestimated the rental income the landlord’s property would generate. However although this is a worrying decision for surveyors, it doesn’t mean that landlords can now go out and…
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