Residential tenancy
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Regime change in Wales
Sian Skerratt-Williams offers an update on the fast-developing Welsh rented sector
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When is a building a “house”?
James Driscoll examines what the latest case has to say about the perennial question: when is a building a “house”?
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Different preconditions apply to the sanctions imposed where tenancy deposits have not been protected with an authorised scheme
It was widely assumed that the legislation requiring landlords to protect tenancy deposits with an authorised scheme applied only to assured shorthold tenancies created on or after 6 April 2007.…
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Deregulation Bill brings tenancy deposit scheme issues to the fore
Statutory rules aimed at safeguarding residential tenants’ deposits came into force on 6 April 2007 in England and Wales. As a result, deposits paid by assured shorthold tenants must be…
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The tenancy deposit legislation remains open to interpretation.
Sections 213-215 of the Housing Act 2004 require landlords to protect deposits received from assured shorthold tenants using an approved tenancy deposit scheme.
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A right to manage company can acquire the right to manage more than one building
The right to manage provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 enable leaseholders to assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of the blocks of flats in which they…
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Structural attachment between a building and another property will be fatal to a right to manage claim, even though it is appurtenant to the building.
The right to manage provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 enable leaseholders to assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of the blocks of flats in which they…
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Buy-to-let investors should beware of user covenants requiring premises to be used by, or for, the tenant and his family
If a tenant agrees to use a flat as a private dwelling for himself and his family, and for no other purpose, does that preclude him from subletting the flat…
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PP 2013/111
Landlord and tenant Residential tenancy deposits
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PP 2012/162
Sections 213-214 of the Housing Act 2004 require landlords to protect deposits received from assured shorthold tenants using an approved tenancy deposit scheme.However, the obligations imposed by the legislation are…
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PP 2012/91
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 gives tenants the right to know who their landlords are and where to serve either notices or proceedings on them.
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PP 2011/117
Rent deposit protection