Here is a question to the blog clinic from James who is a landlord Can I serve a section 21(1)(b) and a Section 21(4) in the same notice to cover all eventualities? Thanks Answer: Yes you can. I … [Read more...]
Just thinking – trends in cases
I was interested to see from the Pain Smith blog that there is a new Court of Appeal out on section 8 notices. Here the Court allowed a section 8 notice where it was technically defective - as it did … [Read more...]
Drafting section 8 repossession notices based on rent arrears
When evicting a tenant you need to serve the correct eviction notice first. You need to get this notice right otherwise you can lose your case. Or, like the landlords in a recent case, you may be … [Read more...]
New case on tenancy deposits received before April 2007
Note: see also my more recent post on this case >> here More Court of Appeal decisions on tenancy deposit issues are coming out - and those niggly issues are gradually being resolved. Here is … [Read more...]
Doing your own eviction work – what are the pitfalls?
If you have a non paying tenant, generally the last thing you will want to do is pay solicitors to deal with evicting them. But if you don't evict them through the courts they are entitled to stay … [Read more...]