Housing Law article
Ben Reeve Lewis reviews ‘How to Win Deposit Disputes’
Why don’t landlords win deposit disputes? Ben Reeve Lewis looks at the problems and thinks How to win deposit disputes could save landlords thousands
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Nothing ever really changes, does it?
Corby BC v Scott & West Kent Housing Association v Haycraft [2012] EWCA Civ 276 are the first cases that…
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Data Protection
A letting agent has been found guilty under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and the Criminal Attempts Act.
The agent was fined £200 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £728.60 prosecution costs by Highbury Magistrates Court.
The off…
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The Property I let / manage is an HMO.
What do I need to do?
1. Comply with the Regulations (see below)
2. Check whether your HMO needs planning permission (see next blog)
3. Check…
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Proportionality and bankruptcy: On fish and terrapins
One question (of the many) arising from the watershed that is represented in English and Welsh law by Pinnock is…
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Update on EPCs.
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 will come into force on the…
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SUBJECT TO CONTRACT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Many people dealing with short term residential tenancy agreements will have seen the term “subject to contract” used but what does this actually mean?
The basics are that in English law a contact does not have to be in writing (and in this…
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Owner Managed Freeholds
Another case involving Owner Managed Freeholds has recently been decided by the Court of Appeal in Newman v. Framewood Manor…
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Common Questions- “Olympic Lets”
1. Are the tenancies ASTs?
Most of you will be aware that for an AST the conditions are that the property…
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When does a houseboat become a “hereditament”?
In Reeves v Northrop [2012] EWHC 415 Admin, this precise question arose in the context of an appeal by the…
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