We are proud to share a new Legal Action Group article on Rent Repayment Orders written by James Cairns of Justice For Tenants and Jamie McGowan, formerly of Justice For Tenants. The article, Need to know: rent repayment orders, gives Read more
When will it come in? The Renters Reform Bill is now in its final stages before becoming law. The Bill will likely come into force before the General Election as: A HUGE number of new Statutory Duties Section 96 – Read more
Among several recent precedents handed down by the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal in the last five weeks, none is as impactful as Leicester CC v Morjaria. To be clear, as it stands, most local authority Financial Penalty policies Read more
There is only one sentence in the Renters Reform Bill draft where emphasis has been added: Clause 58(1) – It is the duty of every local housing authority to enforce the landlord legislation in itsarea.It imposes a duty on local Read more
The Supreme Court decision has made it clear that they are restricted by poorly written legislation. This judgement is a clear call for the government to amend legislation via the Renters Reform Bill so that any landlord who receives rent Read more
Rent Repayment Orders are very new legislation. There are only a few short sections of the Housing And Planning Act 2016 that detail the entirety of how they operate. Consequently, there are a significant number of precedents that have drastically Read more
Without joined-up working, the Rogue landlord slip through the net by Al Mcclenahan Every month or so, I get the privilege of attending a cross-agency meeting run by Tower Hamlets council. People who are doing very similar work, but often Read more