The excellent housing law section in Legal Action magazine has five cases reported this month on harassment and unlawful eviction. I summarise them below. 1. Fakhari v. Newman, Woolwich County … [Read more...]
Urban Myth – you can give a tenant a probationary period before the tenancy starts
Probationary tenancy? This urban myth is really about the law overriding what landlords want to happen. What many landlords would like, is to have their tenants live in the property for a short … [Read more...]
Disrepair claim after consent order for possession is not abuse of process
Mrs Shelley Bloom was a landlord. She desired to evict her tenant, Mr Andrew Henley. He, having lived in the property for over 20 years, did not want to go, even though he had complained about its … [Read more...]
Section 21 possession notices – at last a sensible decision
Section 21 possession notices and evictionI am pleased to report a Court of Appeal related decision on section 21 notices, which finally takes a sensible attitude on saving clauses. As you may or may … [Read more...]
Tenancy deposits schemes – High Court Decision
As has already been announced on the PainSmith blog and on Nearly Legal, there is now, finally, a binding decision (for now) on tenancy deposits and the vexed question of when the award of three times … [Read more...]
Two harassment and unlawful eviction damages cases
The January issues of Legal Action Magazine has two reports on harassment and unlawful eviction damages cases, which I thought might interest you. Note the massive damages in the second case! Odera … [Read more...]
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