I’ve been doing a lot of work this week on a new ebook/kit for tenants which is going to be on on offer for a limited period to members of my ecommerce site Your Law Store mailing list next week. If this interests you, you can sign up here.
But what happened on this blog?
Monday
Councils planning problems for Olympic short lets
This is looking at a planning regulation relating to London which makes it illegal for properties to be let for a term of under 90 days without permission. But this rule is enforced unevenly across the capital. Read more here …
Tuesday
Careless letter converts assured shorthold tenancy to assured tenancy
This post is looking at a case decision relating to a housing association property where it was originally let on an AST to a tenant as an introductory tenancy. Read what happened next here …
Wednesday
Accelerated possession proceedings defences #4
Here I look at ‘the big one’. Wrong expiry dates on section 21 notices – how many landlords have lost their case at court due to a wrong expiry date on their notice? Read what they should have done here ...
Thursday
Tenant unable to get door key cut due to landlords service charge arrears
A tricky problem asked in our Blog Clinic, and a few different answers from readers. Find out what they were here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday newsround #32
As usual Ben wraps the week up in his inimical style. This week he thinks the world is going mad – or is it him? See what you think here …
Further reading
- My History of Law blog post last week was on what the Cadfael novels tell us about law and the legal process in Stephen’s time
- See me in an interview – three landlords and a lawyer
- Read about a new Monday to Friday lodger agreement on the Lodger Landlord website
- Property lawyer Jon Dickens writes about the proposed new squatting crime
- Nearly Legal blog compares new benefit rules with the window tax of the eighteenth century