An article by solicitor David Smith. There has ... Continue reading
Case Law
This section contains posts about or commenting on significant legal cases in landlord & tenant law.
These are all posts which discuss legal cases decided by Judges which will affect landlords and others in the Private Rented Sector.
Hopefully in a non-legalistic style that you can understand! Some of them are written by Tessa and some by barristers and solicitors.
Please, when reading, always check the date of the post. Be aware that you need to be very careful about reading older posts as the law may have changed since they were written.
More grief for landlords on gas certificates and section 21
Note - this decision has now been overturned by ... Continue reading
Why you need to be very careful who you use to evict your tenants
After the case of Gill v. Kassam The Chickens are ... Continue reading
Court Decision creates Confusion on Landlords Liability for Local Authority Licensing Fees
By David Smith, solicitor. The High Court has ... Continue reading
The importance of Prescribed Information
Deposit protection We are 11 years into deposit ... Continue reading
Letting agent fees, Foxtons, and tenancy administration charges
>You may or may not remember that the 2015 ... Continue reading
Letting agents fees and transparency – a new case
Foxtons v. LB Camden, First Tier Tribunal,10 ... Continue reading
Edwards v Kumarasamy – the final decision
Last year a really worrying decision for landlords ... Continue reading
It takes two to surrender – why tenants cannot end a tenancy just by moving out
There is a legal rule called ‘implied surrender’ ... Continue reading
Claims against letting agents who let to unsuitable tenants
The main reason many landlords instruct agents to ... Continue reading
New nightmares for landlords using High Court Sheriffs to evict tenants
I used to periodically get rung up by a nice man ... Continue reading
Tenancy Deposit protection and points from the Khuja v Chowdhury case
Khuja v Chowdhury is a recent case on tenancy ... Continue reading