There is a very interesting County Court decision ... 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.
Careless letter converts assured shorthold tenancy to assured tenancy
Or be careful what you write to your tenant Saxon ... Continue reading
Bad landlords – three successful prosecutions
We hear a lot about the lack of prosecutions by ... Continue reading
Tenancy deposits – two recent cases
I have been alered to a number of new cases ... Continue reading
Landlord convicted of harassment by text
We have all learned from Ben Reeve Lewis's ... Continue reading
Mistaken and incompetent Council sued by tenant
Here is a case which just goes to illustrate how ... Continue reading
Disabled tenant wants landlord to help him enjoy his property
I can't help feeling that this case was a cheeky ... Continue reading
Landlords liable for plaster says Court of Appeal
Grand -v- Gill [2011] Court of Appeal We have a ... Continue reading
Tenancy deposits – the law that never was
There are probably a lot of angry landlords out ... Continue reading
Another tenancy deposit case – Potts v. Densley
The Tiensia tenancy deposit Court of Appeal ... Continue reading
Tenancy deposits, fed up landlords and a coach and horses
Regular readers will remember the Court of Appeal ... Continue reading
Two tenancy deposit decisions
The law on tenancy deposits and the three times ... Continue reading











