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There has been an interesting new decision on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation. In Taylor v Mina An Ltd [2019] UKUT 249 (LC) the Upper Tribunal (UT) has overturned a refusal of a Rent Re...
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Yesterday (8 August 2019) the government made small changes in the Form 6A and its associated guidance. It has also recently made changes to the How to Rent guide. The first set of changes are to t...
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Most landlords in England will be familiar with the Right to Rent which requires landlords and agents to check the immigration status of prospective tenants and occupiers and to repeat that check at i...
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A new ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority has created an element of mystery. The ASA is empowered to make rulings on advertising that is false or misleading and to impose orders and sanct...
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It has long been a problem that housing offences have no sentencing guidance. Although fines have now been increased such that they have no limit, Magistrates have little idea where to start and the f...
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This last weekend did not only see the publication of the section 21 consultation . At the same time the government published a consultation on reform of the rogue landlord database .There is clearly...
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Over the weekend the government issued the long-awaited consultation on getting rid of section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in England. This follows on from the original announcement that the government...
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Many HMO landlords and agents will be aware of the case of R(Gaskin) v LB Richmond Upon Thames (2018) EWHC 1996 (Admin). In this case the High Court held that the Provision of Services Regulations 2...
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