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An Advertising Standards Authority decision from late last year emphasises the importance of advertising guaranteed rent and right to rent arrangements correctly. The ASA took issue with an advert...
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I was recently asked what would happen to law within the PRS in the event of a “no deal” Brexit. I initially did not think much of this question but the current situation is making such a possibil...
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Landlords and agents will be seeing the news this morning saying that the Right to Rent has been held by the High Court to be in breach of the Human Rights Act. The RLA (of which I am the policy direc...
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The long-awaited withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU has been published. Naturally, we do not know at this stage whether it will pass through Parliament and be agreed by the UK and equally...
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The Law Commission is having a consultation around the use of electronic signatures, click here to read more. While this encompasses all uses of electronic signing it will be of interest to landlords...
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There are many firms which advertise themselves as “eviction specialists”. In the main these organisations are not regulated as providers of legal services and therefore have no requirement to be...
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The High Court has given two judgements in a recent case involving a landlord and Richmond London Borough Council. In R(Gaskin) v LB Richmond Upon Thames (2018) EWHC 1996 (Admin) the High Court overtu...
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The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision against Network Rail making them liable for Japanese Knotweed that was encroaching from railway lines into neighbouring property. Japanese Knotweed is fair...
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