One of my landlord clients who has successfully defeated a nuisance claim brought by her tenants under the tenancy deposit protection legislation, has reported an interesting conversation she had with the Judge. Apparently the Judge said that the judiciary generally are unhappy with the legislation. The main reason being the automatic aspect, as they do…
I have been sent a press release by the Fire Brigade regarding a sucessful prosecution of a landlord who was found guilty of breaches of fire safety legislation and ordered to pay nearly £13,000 in fines and costs. The press release reads: Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court fined Armajit Singh, £5,600 for seven breaches of the Regulatory…
This is a report of a case kindly provided to me by Simon Parrott of Palmers Solicitors (Bedford). I am writing following a recent hearing at Bedford County Court on 28th October, to let you know the result of my case. I act for the landlords. The circumstances of the case were that the tenancy…
The Residential Landlords Association is pretty pleased with itself, as it has successfully challenged a claim by a tenant, supported by the CAB, against a landlord who was in breach of the tenancy deposit regulations. This case is Harvey v. Bamforth, known often as the Sheffield case. As regular readers of this and other housing…
Readers who were interested in my earlier post on the landlord whose disabled tenant appealed against a possession order obtained under s21, will be interested in this quote from the final paragraph in the report in the recent case of S -v- Floyd (with the Equality and Human Rights Commission joined in as an interested…
Who’d be a smoker today? First it was just a few places, then transport with the trains and busses bringing in a ban, now its banned practically everywhere! Happily I gave up quite some time ago so its not a problem for me. It is going to be a problem for landlords though, particularly HMO…
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Convicted HMO landlord – doing the community a service?
This is the sort of attitude that Local Authorities have to put up with. Mr Bowden in Ipswich, who recently pleaded guilty convicted in the Magistrates Court to operating a house of multiple occupation without a licence (reported here), considers he has done nothing wrong. However, – The property had 19 people living in it…