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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
A section 21 notice was a slightly tricky notice to do once upon a time, however it has gotten a bit more straightforward in recent years. Though we go through the 3 main hurdles you should check before serving a Continue reading 3 steps to take to see if your s21 is valid