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Introduction When determining a private rented tenant’s right and their landlord’s obligation there are two important questions: 1) Was a tenancy deposit paid; 2) Where the deposit obligations followed? Depending on the answers it may afford a tenant a defence Continue reading Tenancy Deposit – Case Overview
A solid resource is key to a Solicitor and case-worker. While we may love to reference case law we remember it’s always useful to have a star in your corner. When I started Housing Law I was heavily reliant on Continue reading Housing Law Casebook (6th Edition) free
While the UK debates whether to stay in the EU or not Immigration checks have sneaked in at the beginning of this month for Private Landlords with a fine of £3,000 per unlawful occupier; straining the pockets of small Landlords Continue reading Immigration Checks for tenants from 1st February 2016
When receiving a deposit in connection with an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, s213 of the Housing Act requires that the landlord, within 30 days of the date he receives a deposit, i) complies with the initial requirements of an authorised scheme; Continue reading Deposits and Risks to Letting Agents and Landlords
From today (27th May 2015) all Letting Agents have to be compliant with Chapter 3 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 or face a possible fine of £5,000 and have advertisements removed by the Advertisement Standard Agency. What has to Continue reading The Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Letting Agents
The following is a post from our LegalAdviceUK. The reader describes how he was signposted, prepped for his CAB meeting what he did and the result. Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/2rrnjr/expansysuk_posted_wrong_product_wouldnt_take_it/ A finance contract was opened to purchase a laptop. The company posted Continue reading Legal Clinic – expansys refund issue
Recently, without speculating too much, we have had an increase in families with large amount of goods with them which they cannot store with friends or family and due to financial constraints or affordability cannot put them in rented storage. Continue reading Storage of belongings when homeless
The Legal Notebook While we have been quiet a lot last year, we hope to have more in depth guides and posts on the site this year. While our stats may not be huge we can report that there are Continue reading Site updates for the new year
Another case about deposits! Our main deposit page, stated in relation to Superstrike that a gap still remained, namely: Although R had argued, even if the provisions of s.213 (Requirements relating to tenancy deposits) had not applied to the deposit Continue reading Deposit Dating