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The basic rules of tenancies – before the codes

July 25, 2018 by Tessa Shepperson

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Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 10 The law relating to tenancies is now governed by the two statutory codes: The Rent Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1988. These change the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law

Differentiating tenancies from business lets and long leases

July 18, 2018 by Support Landlord Law

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Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 9 This series of posts is directed towards increasing understanding of short lets, so in future posts we will largely be concentrating on these. However, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law

Common law and statue

July 11, 2018 by Tessa Shepperson

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Foundations of landlord and tenant law  - Part 8 In the beginning, there was the common law. As discussed in the post on Equity and Law, and also this post on the common law here, it has developed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law

The six most important elements of a tenancy or lease

July 4, 2018 by Tessa Shepperson

Houses and rent

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 7 For a tenancy - what are the essential elements? Here are what I think, are the most important:- Parties - There must be a landlord and a tenant. Or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law

Tenancies and how land law and contract law work together

June 27, 2018 by Tessa Shepperson

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Foundations of landlord and tenant law - Part 6 We have had a look at land law, and the rules where land is owned by more than one person, and we have had a look at contract law. Lets now see how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law, News and comment

Its all in the contract

June 20, 2018 by Tessa Shepperson

Making a contract

Foundations of landlord and tenant law – part 5 As well as being an ‘estate in land’ (looked at in part 1) a lease or tenancy is also a type of contract. So we need to take a look at contract … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foundations in Law

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