This post is a bit ‘off topic’ although asylum ... Continue reading
Analysis
Find links to all our ‘analysis’ posts here. These are posts which discuss issues in more detail.
They are often quite long and will often analyse issues of the day from a legal point of view.
However, when reading them, ALWAYS check the post date.
As posts go back to 2006, you need to be really careful about relying on older posts, as the law may have changed since they were written.
Magic buttons, silver bullets and the optimism of ignorance
I write this on the day after Rishi Sunak has been ... Continue reading
Our worsening housing crisis – what is the cause, and what can we do about it?
For years we have been writing on this blog about ... Continue reading
Is a bonfire of regulations in reality a bonfire of consumer rights?
On Wednesday, 14 June 2017, I was up early as I ... Continue reading
The real reason why Britain has a broken housing market
Reading articles such as this article in the ... Continue reading
Can a landlord request his tenant put up his friends in the property’s spare room?
This post is inspired by a question I was asked ... Continue reading
Benefit, landlords’ objections and looming problems
I was interested to read this post on LandlordZone ... Continue reading
Rent Repayment Orders are not just for HMO licensing claims
The Problem Although most landlords are good ... Continue reading
Should there be a possession ground of unreasonably refusing landlord inspections?
We had the White Paper published last week, and I ... Continue reading
Government policy, landlords and thinking from B to C
Everyone agrees that the housing generally is in a ... Continue reading
Rent Control in Spain: A success or further evidence of an ineffective policy?
Mark Savill considers rent control issues in ... Continue reading
Rent Control Part 2 – a failed policy or a lifeline for the current PRS?
This is the second part of our two-part series ... Continue reading










