The Landlord Law Blog
Interesting posts on residential landlord & tenant law and practice In England & Wales UK
Series
From time to time on the Landlord Law Blog we will do a series.
These will usually be on something topical such as the interpretation of a new act, or on something which is of perennial interest to landlords – such as an area of law and practice.
We are developing special archive pages for these series and the more recent ones will now be available via the blog menu bar.
To find them, just hover your mouse of the Blog Series item and you will see them.
If you have any ideas for further series, do let us know – although we can’t promise anything!
The Landlord Law Blog Audios – Audio versions of selected posts
2024 – The Renters Rights Bill (also see comment on the old Renters Reform Bill)
2024 – Election 2024
2023 – New Urban Myths
2022 – The New Welsh Laws
2022 – Local Authority Help for ‘Green improvements’ to property
2020 – The end of S21 – protecting your position
2019 – The End of Section 21
2018 – Foundations of Landlord and Tenant Law
2017 – Should Law and Justice be Free?
2017 – The Housing Crisis
2016 – Grounds for Eviction
2016 – Airbnb
2014 – HMO Basics
I LOVED doing this series! I originally wrote it in 2011 and then updated it in 2018.
It looks at the development of landlord and tenant law historically and discusses various issues and their history. I enjoyed doing this series so much that it inspired me to set up a whole new blog, the history of law blog, which, sadly, I have had to park for a while due to pressure of work but which I will go back to one day (so far I have got up to the end of Henry 11).
There is an ebook version of the ‘foundation’ series, which you can buy here, which was updated slightly.
This is a short series from 2017, which was prompted by an email I received from Ken, a landlord.
“I am utterly dumbfounded by the costs relating to litigation/justice. The court fees are eye-watering. Barrister fees are even more eye-watering – why is it not free?”
This is my answer to his question.
Although it was written a few years ago, the posts are still very relevant today.
This is a series I wrote in 2017, inspired, as I said in the first post, by the idea of fighting for housing justice.
So the series looks at various housing-related issues and problems that need to be solved. As well as some of the solutions that people have found.
I never really finished this series so maybe one day I will revise it and bring it up to date and add a conclusion.
So much is spoken about section 21 and accelerated possession but not so much about the other routes to possession.
In this series from 2016, Ben Reeve Lewis and I look at the grounds for Assured and Assured Shorthold tenants – one at a time.
Although this series of posts is fairly old now, the law has not changed (much) since then, so it is still valid.
People often don’t think about legal issues when they rent out a room or a house on platforms such as Airbnb. However, the fact that you are unaware of the laws that apply to you will not be any excuse if you are prosecuted or fined by the authorities.
Ignorance of the law is rarely any excuse.
In this little series from 2016, I explain the rules that apply and what Airbnb hosts need to think about. Note that some of the rules here will now be different in Wales.
HMO stands for House in Multiple Occupation.
This is a very useful series of posts written jointly by me, Tessa Shepperson, and David Smith (of JMW Solicitors). Although it was written in 2014, some time ago now, most of the law (although not all) remains valid.
So, before relying on anything, you should take legal advice. Or check out the extensive information and help on my Landlord Law site, which you can read about here.