Archive for June 2010
Capital Gains Tax: Emergency Tax Planning Guide by Carl Bayley
Tax is a very important subject for the buy to let investor, and many landlords have spoken to me recently about their concern at the proposed changes to capital gains tax.
I am not a tax adviser, so I was really pleased to be emailed just now by the Tax Cafe to say that they had [...]
Comments Off
Assured Tenancies After 1 October 2010
We have posted already (several times) on the issue of the increase in maximum rent threshold under the Housing Act 1988 which will occur on 1 October 2010.
While it is well understood that this will increase the number of assured shorthold tenancies i…
Comments Off
Accommodating an abducted child
EA v GA & Westminster City Council & Salford City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 586 [Not on Bailii, transcript on Lawtel] This is a little outside our usual grounds, but as it concerns the Court’s power to direct Local Authorities to accommodate a child and parent, and has interplay with S.20 Children Act 1989, it [...]
Comments Off
No room for ravers
Oluić v Croatia (application no. 61260/08) is a decision of the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights demonstrating, if further evidence were needed, that Croatia, housing and article 8 just don’t get along all that well. Mrs Oluić complained that noise from a bar operating in a part of the house that [...]
Comments Off
Tenancy Deposits- A Novel Argument on Hold
Another County Court case on tenancy deposits with a couple of unusual arguments.
Comments Off