Renters Rights Bill – What Is It And How it Will Affect Landlords?
The Bill was initially promised in 2019 however no further action was ever taken on it, But, on the 11th of September 2024 it has…
Category: Housing Law
Why UK Landlords Need to Register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
In the United Kingdom, landlords are increasingly required to navigate a complex landscape of legal and regulatory obligations. One critical, yet often overlooked, requirement is…
How We Help Tenants
As a law firm, our primary goal is to provide legal services that help our clients navigate complex legal issues. Recently, we had the opportunity…
Housing Disrepair Claims: Why Hire a Solicitor?
As a tenant in the UK, you have the right to live in a safe and habitable property. If your landlord has failed to make…
Tenancy Deposit Claims: What You Need To Know
In the UK, landlords are required to place tenants’ deposits in a government-approved deposit protection scheme for all residential tenancies. This scheme is designed to…
Commercial property and Energy Efficiency
In 2015 the government introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and help meet the government’s carbon emissions…
Property co-ownership and proprietary remedies
Judgment was handed down on Friday 22 April by Deputy Master Hansen in the case of Fattal v Fattal [2022] EHWC 950 (Ch). Peter Barnard and…
What is a Commercial Lease?
You may wonder, what is a commercial lease? A commercial lease is a form of legally binding contract that is made between a business tenant…
Are Landlord entitled to damages for breach of lease? Possibly not…
This case is a very good guidance on this issue: Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No.1 Ltd & Anor v CID Investments Ltd & Ors (2021) EW…
No requirement to serve a tenant with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) where the assured shorthold tenancy (AST) pre-dated 1st October 2015
The Court of Appeal has recently held that there is no requirement to serve a tenant with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) where the assured…
Housing Update 1 June 2021
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced that The Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (as amended)…
Good News for Landlords. Residential Eviction moratorium to end 31 May 2021
On 12th May 2021, the Government announced that the moratorium on enforcement agent enforced residential evictions during lockdown will end on 31st May 2021. This…
Eviction Ban extended until 31 May 2021
The Government has on 10 March 2021 announced that the stay on evictions, save for those not exempt from the Regulations, will be extended until…
Further extends restrictions on commercial property forfeiture, CRAR and insolvency provisions
On 9 December 2020 the Government has further extended the restrictions on commercial property forfeiture, CRAR and insolvency provisions from 31 December 2020 to 31…
NEW GUIDANCE FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS UNDER CORONAVIRUS
New guidance explaining the recent changes in law for Landlords and Tenants has been released by The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. A…
