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The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 has been a long time in its gestation. There has been a considerable challenge for the Welsh government in putting together all the subsidiary material that is requi...
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On 31 May 2019, the government updated the How to Rent guide . This was the guide introduced as part of the changes made by the Deregulation Act 2015. The guide needs to be given to all tenancies t...
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I have written extensively about the Tenant Fees Act 2019 and its operation in England. However, it only applies in England and not in Wales. Therefore, at the same time as Parliament has been working...
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Further regulations have been passed making changes to form 6A, the standard form to be used when serving a section 21 notice in England from 1 June 2019. Wales has no prescribed form. Form 6A is no...
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The local elections have seen the two main parties losing substantial numbers of councillors and control of a number of councils. At the time of writing the Conservatives have lost control of 48 c...
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Another interesting ASA ruling has emerged on advertising by estate agents. The ASA recently reprimanded an agent for two specific advertising claims. First, they had asserted that they were the ma...
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The UK, along with other EU member states has until January 2020 to implement the 5th Money Laundering Directive (5MLD). Provided the UK is either within the EU or is within and agreed transitional pe...
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Over the weekend (and narrowly beating England to the punch!) the Welsh First Minister announced that Wales would be holding a consultation on getting rid of its own version of section 21. In the W...
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