Archive for January 2009
Deposits – the mandatory award again
As noted by Tessa at Landlord Law, the current (January 09) Legal Action housing updates includes a tenancy deposit case which further muddies the waters.
Ferguson v Jones, Birmingham County Court 5 Nov 2008 concerned an assured shorthold tenancy. Ms Jones had paid a deposit of £500, which was not put into a scheme within the [...]
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Families, eh
The one key message of property law is never trust your family. Mirza v Mirza [2009] EWHC 3 (Ch) is a further example of this truism and I can only marvel at the way Stephen Smith QC, sitting as a Deputy Chancery Judge, dealt with the case. The Claimants, Nasir and Naim, [...]
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Tenancy deposit protection award made to tenant in new case in Birmingham
I have learned from the excellent ‘Recent developments in Housing Law’ section of Legal Action Magazine, of Ferguson v. Jones (January 2009) a new tenancy deposit case in Birmingham County Court.
Here Mrs Jones was an assured shorthold tenancy. Her landlord failed to protect her deposit within the prescribed 14 days. It was only protected after [...]
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Procedure in the Lands Tribunal
The Lands Tribunal has handed down a number of important decisions in the last week that those working in the field of leasehold enfranchisement need to be aware of.
Earl Cadogan v Erkman LRA/56/2007 & LRA/68/2007 (links to a .pdf file) concerns attempts to get around the decision of the Court of Appeal in the Sportelli [...]
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