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 a clear and practical overview of RROs following the Renters’ 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 – “Enforcement by local housing authorities: general duty” imposes statutory duties 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 will now either be defective or be strongly arguable as 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 from their property and has committed criminal acts can face Read more