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Tenants given the right to choose electricity supplier

16 December 2011 | Faiza Ahmad

The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 came into force on 10 November 2011. Under these Regulations, a tenant will have the right to ask their landlord to allow a competitor electricity...

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Government signals its intention to criminalise squatting

25 March 2011 | Faiza Ahmad

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that the Government will “take steps” in 2012 to make squatting a criminal offence. Squatting is not currently a criminal offence in England and Wales, so...

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Commercial property landlord and tenant disputes on the rise

10 March 2011 | Laura Seaman | 1 comment

New research by legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell has found that the number of High Court legal disputes between commercial property landlords and tenants has surged by 43 per cent. Although most...

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Changes to the Localism Bill causes chaos for the property market

17 February 2011 | Madeleine Wakeley

The Law Society has warned of the uncertainty and chaos changes to the new Localism Bill could cause to the property market.   The changes would strengthen the power of local planning authorities to...

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New guidance on the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010

7 October 2010 | Michael Oberwarth

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published new Guidance to the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 (MRPTA). The growth in the letting of property and the...

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The strength of a staged success fee in a CFA

1 September 2010 | Beth Lovell | 1 comment

The recent decision in Peacock v MGN Ltd [2010] EWHC 90174 (Costs) has highlighted the strength of a staged success fee in a CFA. Background Historically, all forms of contingency fees in litigation...

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Boundaries – Financial Ruin v Compromise?

1 June 2010 | Faiza Ahmad

£30,000, £40,000, £75,000, £100,000 – significant amounts of money? Yes and these are all examples of the legal costs people across the country have recently spent on fighting boundary disputes...

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High Court backs developer chasing payment for failed off-plan completion

27 April 2010 | Richard John

Irish property developer Ballymore has won a High Court judgment against a buyer who tried to pull out of the purchase of one of its flats in its Pan Peninsula scheme in London. The Court ruled that...

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Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement Threshold to Rise to £100k from £25k

14 April 2010 | Faiza Ahmad | 1 comment

Currently, to be an Assured Shorthold Tenancy the annual rent under the tenancy must be less than £25,000 per annum. This threshold will increase to £100,000 with effect from 1 October 2010 . The statutory...

The Mortgage Repossessions (Tenant Protection) Act 2010

14 April 2010 | Jackie Hanlon

The Mortgage Repossessions (Tenant Protection) Act 2010 (“the Act”) has now been passed.  The aim of the Act is to provide protection to unauthorised tenants where a tenancy has been granted by a...

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