Administrators beware (but good news for landlords)
In Goldacre (Offices) Ltd v Nortel Networks UK Ltd (in administration) [2010] All ER (D) 54 (Jan), the respondent company held two long leases over properties of which the claimant was the landlord....
View Article“No consensus” following consultation on apportionment of CRC costs between...
On 17 December 2009, a consultation was launched by a Working Party of various real estate industry bodies to explore whether a cross-industry consensus could be achieved on the apportionment of costs...
View ArticleUpdated guidance on the CRC for landlords and tenants published
Back in July, I wrote about a recent consultation which asked property owners and occupiers for their opinions on how the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) should be treated in leases. Although the...
View ArticleNew guidance on the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010
The Department for Communities and Local Government has published new Guidance to the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010 (MRPTA). The growth in the letting of property and the...
View ArticleWarning for landlords with empty properties
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has announced that changes to the exemption from paying empty property rates due to come into force from April this year could lead to small businesses having...
View ArticleCommercial property landlord and tenant disputes on the rise
New research by legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell has found that the number of High Court legal disputes between commercial property landlords and tenants has surged by 43 per cent. Although most...
View ArticleGovernment signals its intention to criminalise squatting
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that the Government will “take steps” in 2012 to make squatting a criminal offence. Squatting is not currently a criminal offence in England and Wales, so...
View ArticleEPCs and holiday lets- are they required?
The Department for Communities and Local Government has recently issued guidance on the question of whether or not an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required for holiday lets. The guidance...
View ArticleTenants given the right to choose electricity supplier
The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 came into force on 10 November 2011. Under these Regulations, a tenant will have the right to ask their landlord to allow a competitor...
View ArticleLocalism Act 2011 – how does it affect a landlord’s obligation to register a...
The Localism Bill received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011 and is now the Localism Act 2011. However, not all the provisions are in force yet, including section 184 relating to tenancy deposits which...
View ArticleWarning to residential landlords and agents taking deposits – action may be...
On 24 February 2012 we published a blog about the impact of section 184 of the Localism Act 2011 on a landlord’s obligations upon taking a deposit from a tenant occupying a residential property....
View ArticleResidential landlords not entitled to recover rent or service charge unless...
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) recently upheld a decision made in the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal that service charge demanded by a landlord from a tenant was not due as the demands did not...
View ArticleHigh Court ruling highlights why landlords should obtain a release following...
A recent case has emphasised the importance for landlords to obtain release from their obligations to the tenant where the reversion has been transferred. In Reeves and another v Sandhu (unreported),...
View ArticleLandlords must consider alternative remedies and the financial impact on...
In Waaler v Hounslow LBC [2015] UKUT 17 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has held that when considering whether service charge costs for improvements (as opposed to repairs) are reasonable, the...
View ArticleNew Proposals for Landlords in light of Calais crisis
Under proposals to be included in the upcoming Immigration Bill, which is being introduced to help counteract the current migrant crisis in Calais, landlords in England & Wales will be able to end...
View Article1 October 2015: Changes to the section 21 notice procedure are now in force
Sections 33 to 41 of the Deregulation Act 2015 introduced changes to the Section 21 notice procedure on 1 October 2015. These changes impose further restrictions on when and how a landlord can serve a...
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