I have just received the excellent Legal Action ... 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.
Landlord flouting the spirit of the tenancy deposit legislation says Judge
There is new tenancy deposit case report in the ... Continue reading
Large award for tenant in unlawful eviction case
I have just read an interesting case (Hunt v. ... Continue reading
The National Landlords Association/Southern Private Landlords Association merger litigation – the Judgement
Regular readers may remember that back in June ... Continue reading
Housing benefit – 8 weeks arrears can be in advance
Many thanks to the Nearly Legal Blog for reporting ... Continue reading
Tenancy deposit roundup
A few matters on the subject of tenancy deposit ... Continue reading
Case throws up injustices in the tenancy deposit scheme legislation
A very interesting article in the New Law Journal ... Continue reading
Hating Foxtons, and another case
I was very amused, while surfing the internet ... Continue reading
The OFT v. Foxton case – commission on renewals
There is still quite a bit of confusion regarding ... Continue reading
OFT victory in Foxtons unfair contract terms case
Landlords up and down the land will be jumping ... Continue reading
Shelter victory in sale and rent back case
Housing charity Shelter are jubilant after ... Continue reading
Rent increases in periodic tenancies
Most landlords know that after the fixed term of a ... Continue reading








