This isn't strictly speaking a landlord and tenant ... 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.
Important news for Landlords on tenancy deposits – ignore this at your peril!
As reported in a number of places now, for example ... Continue reading
Councils sue landlords under the Proceeds of Crime Act
Councils and the courts are getting tough ... Continue reading
When is rent deemed to be a deposit? Update on Johnson v. Old
>> See the Court of Appeal decision on this ... Continue reading
Landlord fined £500 to agents £20,000 as manager of defective HMO
An interesting case recently, reported via the ... Continue reading
Six months rent in advance is a deposit says Judge
>> See the Court of Appeal decision on this ... Continue reading
Parking spaces allocated to tenants – tenants rights
Most people have cars, and when renting property a ... Continue reading
Letting agent and Council officer fined for Data Protection offences
R v SAI Property Investments Ltd t/a IPS Property ... Continue reading
Financial awards for rat and mouse infestation
I was flicking through the January edition of ... Continue reading
Problems about renting to under age tenants
I get asked sometimes about renting to tenants who ... Continue reading
Two landlords prosecuted on gas safety
Its good to see that the Health and Safety ... Continue reading
Landlords and agents prosecuted for breach of regulations
Here is a whole crop of cases which I found on the ... Continue reading










