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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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Lease breaks – giving vacant possession

14 July 2011 | Stephen Carew

Background Any conditions attached to a lease break clause must have been satisfied before one can successfully break a lease. As seen in various cases, such conditions will be strictly construed. NYK...

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EPCs and holiday lets- are they required?

10 May 2011 | Madeleine Wakeley

The Department for Communities and Local Government has recently issued guidance on the question of whether or not an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required for holiday lets. The guidance confirms...

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Service Charge Warning for Landlords – Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson and others

20 April 2011 | Stephen Carew

The landlord, as the freeholder of a block of flats and shops, gave notice to the leaseholders of the flats of its intention to carry out works amounting to £270,000. The tenants applied to the Leasehold...

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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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Warning for landlords with empty properties

21 January 2011 | Shimon Shaw

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has announced that changes to the exemption from paying empty property rates due to come into force from April this year could lead to small businesses having...

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Tenant’s Guarantor Guaranteeing Assignee’s Obligations

12 January 2011 | Stephen Carew

In K/S Victoria Street v House of Fraser (Stores Management) Ltd (2010) PLSCS 278, the High Court has recently held that an agreement that required the tenant's guarantor to guarantee the assignee's obligations,...

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Tenant Deposit Schemes – Time Limit

12 January 2011 | Stephen Carew

Residential landlords will no doubt be aware of the provisions of the Housing Act 2004 (“HA”), particularly in relation to the requirement to ensure that any deposit paid by a tenant under an Assured...

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HMOs and a landlord’s liability for Council Tax

22 October 2010 | Stephen Carew

R (Goremsandu) v London Borough of Harrow [2010] EWHC 1873 (Admin) This case revolves around a landlord’s liability for council tax where the property is a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), and...

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Latest news and views tagged Landlord

Tenants given the right to choose electricity supplier

Lease breaks – giving vacant possession

EPCs and holiday lets- are they required?

Service Charge Warning for Landlords – Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson and others

Government signals its intention to criminalise squatting

Commercial property landlord and tenant disputes on the rise

Warning for landlords with empty properties

Tenant’s Guarantor Guaranteeing Assignee’s Obligations

Tenant Deposit Schemes – Time Limit

HMOs and a landlord’s liability for Council Tax

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