This is day 15 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here.
About the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the Regulations) originally came from Europe as a directive which member [...]
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Tenancy Agreements 31 days of tips – Day 15 – unfair terms (1)
Tenant’s notice to leave at the end of the fixed term
Tenant notice on vacating when the fixed term ends
It can be very inconvenient and sometimes downright difficult, if a tenant leaves without warning.
Perhaps one of the most controversial clauses in my Landlord Law tenancy agreements is the one which says:
During the last month of the fixed term (and not later than seven days before the [...]
Foxtons withdraws appeal
Two property web-sites have been reporting that Foxtons have withdrawn their appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision against them last year. You will find a summary (as at October 2009) of my previous posts on the OFT v. Foxtons case here.
The two articles that I have seen are on the PainSmith Blog and [...]
Foxtons to appeal decision in OFT unfair terms case
A report in the Times today confirms,what we all suspected would happen as soon as the Banks decision was announced, ie that Foxtons will be appealing the High Court decision against them in the claim brought by the Office of Fair Trading.
As you will remember, the OFT brought a claim against Foxtons claiming that their [...]
OFT v. Foxtons case – what now?
The Supreme Court decision in the OFT case against the banks has been handed down today, and to the surprise of many it is in favour of the banks rather than the OFT.
This will also impact on the OFT v. Foxtons case, as I understand Foxtons were waiting for this decision to be published before deciding whether [...]
OFT v Foxtons case summary of posts
I wrote several posts on the Office of Fair Trading v. Foxtons case in July. As I find I am having to refer to these quite a lot in advice to clients, I have decided it would be helpful to have one page with links to them all.
OFT Victory in Foxtons unfair contract terms case.
This [...]
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Foxtons case concluded – now is the time for agents to review their agency agreements
I have just learned that a final order has been made in the case of the Office of Fair Trading v. Foxtons, which I have written about in the past (see here).
Foxtons have now made ‘significant changes’ to its standard terms and conditions which have satisfied the OFT
‘including making the liability to pay renewal commission [...]
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