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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
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
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
I have been meaning to write this post for a while and remembered after another case hit my desk with the same issue came about. I know we have killed deposits to death on this blog but because it is Continue reading The Missing Deposit Payment
We have covered tenancy deposits at length previously and (small post here)the issues they can cause if not protected, if the prescribed information has not been given to the tenant and how ultimately it means a s21 notice will not Continue reading A deposit is a deposit is a deposit