The Landlord Law blog is getting a bit complicated, what with special series, Ben’s weekly cogitations, readers problems, not to mention normal posts (or as normal as it ever gets around here).
So I have decided to do a weekly ‘roundup’ post on a Saturday to keep you in the picture.
Sunday
My first history spot! We go back to Norman times and look at oaths of fealty and seisin. Ben, in the comments, wonders if landlord and tenant relations today would be different if landlords were called something else, and we discuss the nature of legal language. Read it here.
Monday
Housing benefit cuts – the people speak
We start the week proper with a bit of vox pop. A short summary of a piece in the Observer, followed by summaries of readers comments. As Ben remarked, “everything from Leon Trotsky to Alf Garnett”. Read it here
Tuesday
Legal aid cuts – bad news for landlords
Another ‘cuts’ piece today, this time legal aid, looking at an article by a Judge in the Law Society Gazette. You may think its irrelevant to this blog as its all about family law, but cuts to family law legal aid will affect YOU Mr Landlord. Find out why here.
Can you use more than one ground for possession?
This was a blog clinic question from David. You get an answer from me and a helpful comment from solicitor Simon Parrott. Click here to read them
Wednesday
Tenants debt in the private sector averages £18,733 says CCCS
I got into a bit of trouble with this one. The title originally started ‘Tenants rent arrears …’ leading to a flood of comments and emails saying that the figure was the total debt and not the arrears. CCCS then contacted me to confirm this, so later on in the day I amended the post. But its still a lot of money. Read the post and its comments here
Is this tenant stitching up the landlord to get a council house?
Great question from landlord Bobby in the Blog Clinic, and some great answers from readers. Click here to read them
Thursday
Tenancy agreements – why you need to know about them
An important topic and an important post. Introducing our shortly to be launched audio book, plus a free download on preparing tenancy agreements. Check it out here
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis’ Friday Newsround # 22
Ben’s subject today is scammers – what they do, how they do it, and how its going to render the Olympic games hideous for foreign visitors who get caught out by them. Find out more here
Thats it for this week folks. Let me know in the comments if you like the idea of a weekly round up.