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Tie the Judge down with a mandatory ground

March 1, 2006 by Tessa J Shepperson

I always say that you should only ever apply for a possession order if you have a mandatory ground, but it is only when you see what can happen if you don't, that you realise how very important it … [Read more...]

Rent review clauses – be careful, be very careful …

February 28, 2006 by Tessa J Shepperson

Landlords, be very careful when increasing rent using a rent review clause in your tenancy agreement. Registered Social Landlord Riverside came a cropper a while back when tenants challenged the … [Read more...]

Small landlords dominate PRS

February 24, 2006 by Tessa J Shepperson

Reading an article in the Landlord press, I was interested to see that the median number of properties owned by private residential landlords is 4, and that some 30% have just a single property. The … [Read more...]

SIs change HMO laws

February 23, 2006 by Tessa J Shepperson

Most lawyers think that the 2004 Housing Act is all about HIPS (Home Information Packs), but well informed landlords know different. It is also about the mandatory licensing of and new standards in … [Read more...]

OFT squashes agents unfair contract term

February 17, 2006 by Tessa J Shepperson

For those who are interested in such things, the OFT (Office of Fair Trading, but OFT is easier to type) has published is quarterly report on cases on unfair terms (as per the Unfair Terms in … [Read more...]

Although Landlord Law Blog is not a news blog as such, we try to cover the major news stories in Landlord & Tenant law and practice - in the private sector anyway.

Ben has a regular Newsround column on Fridays. Most of the other news posts are written by Tessa.

Although Landlord Law Blog covers the news, we are not really a news service. Tessa regularly tweets out housing news stories.

You may also be interested in some of the more 'newsy' sites listed below.

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If you want more news check out these great property sites:

Property Industry Eye

Not one but many property news items daily from award-winning property journalist Ros Renshaw and her staff.

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The Guardian Housing Network

Independent journalism at its best. A good place to go to catch up on the news and get excellent comment.

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Property Tribes

Run by the wonderful Vanessa Warwick, this is probably the best UK property forum on the net.

News items are always picked up really quickly with comments from landlords, property investors and agents.

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LandlordZONE

Tom Entwistle started LandlordZONE at about the same time that I started my Landlord Law site.

LandlordZONE is a wonderful resource for landlords and has many news items as well as a monthly newsletter and forum area.

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The purpose of this blog is to provide information, comment and discussion.

Although Tessa, or guest bloggers, may from time to time, give helpful comments to readers' questions, these can only be based on the information given by the reader in his or her comment, which may not contain all material facts.

Any comments or suggestions provided by Tessa or any guest bloggers should not, therefore be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice from a qualified lawyer regarding any actual legal issue or dispute.