landlord & tenant – Current Awareness

Breaking new ground – The tribunal’s approach to ‘just and equitable’ in Remediation Contribution Orders – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 21st, 2025 in building law, construction industry, health & safety, landlord & tenant, local government, news, repairs by Lily

‘The First Tier Tribunal (the tribunal) has handed down a judgment in the case of Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) Limited and others [2025] UKFTT concerning a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO), marking an important development in building safety legal proceedings.’

Local Government Lawyer, 20th March 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

How does an assured shorthold tenancy become a secure tenancy? By accident! – Doughty Street Chambers

Posted March 14th, 2025 in assignment, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, repossession by Lily

‘In the London Borough of Redbridge v G (Romford County Court, 5 February 2025), a series of unusual events lead to an assured shorthold tenant becoming a secure tenant.’

Doughty Street Chambers, 10th March 2025

Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk

Compulsory mediation in housing conditions claims – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 14th, 2025 in civil procedure rules, dispute resolution, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news by Lily

‘New rules on compulsory mediation could have a major impact on social landlords, writes Ibrar Hussain.’

Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Didn’t bother trying to find her. She’s not there – Nearly Legal

Posted March 13th, 2025 in county courts, deposits, housing, landlord & tenant, negligence, news, notification, service, solicitors by sally

‘A county court appeal in a tenancy deposit penalty claim, which is both a catalogue of ‘you don’t want to do it like that’, and has a significant point on the operation of section 48 Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.’

Nearly Legal, 12th March 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Commonhold reform: ‘a step forward but caution required in wave of property law reforms’ – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 7th, 2025 in bills, government departments, housing, landlord & tenant, Law Commission, leases, news by Lily

‘The UK government has outlined plans to ban the sale of new leasehold flats in England and Wales in a move designed to embed a new commonhold model into the property market.’

OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2025

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

London ebike fire: landlords of ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat fined almost £100,000 – The Guardian

Posted March 7th, 2025 in accidents, confiscation, fire, health & safety, houses in multiple occupation, housing, landlord & tenant, news, sentencing by Lily

‘The landlords of a “grossly overcrowded” east London flat where a man died after an ebike battery started a fire have been fined almost £100,000 after pleading guilty to nine housing law breaches.’

The Guardian, 6th March 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Leaseholders’ legal victory over offshore landlord – BBC News

Posted March 5th, 2025 in landlord & tenant, leases, loss of chance, news, sale of land by tracey

‘A group of leaseholders have won a legal battle to prove they were unlawfully deprived of the chance to take control of their own building when their landlord sold it to an offshore firm.’

BBC News, 5th March 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Case notes in passing – adverse possession rules, sale and rent-back, and the evidential burden in service charge disputes – Nearly Legal

Posted March 3rd, 2025 in adverse possession, appeals, housing, land registration, landlord & tenant, leases, news, service charges, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Supreme Court considered para 5(4) to Schedule 6 Land Registration Act 2002 on the requirements for an application for registered title through adverse possession of land adjoining the applicant’s land.’

Nearly Legal, 2nd March 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

The right to manage and equitable interests – Tanfield Chambers

Posted February 27th, 2025 in chambers articles, housing, land registration, landlord & tenant, leases, news by sally

‘Tenants of flats were given the right to have a manager appointed, to take over the landlord’s management of the building in which the flats were situated, in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 but only if they could prove fault on the part of the landlord or managing agents. In order to make it easier for the tenants to wrest control of the management of the building from their landlord, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002) gave the tenants of flats the right to have the management of the building transferred to a company controlled by them as of right, without having to prove any default on the part of the landlord.’

Tanfield Chambers, 24th January 2025

Source: tanfieldchambers.co.uk

Access Injunctions – a discussion of some recent issues – St Ives Chambers

Posted February 26th, 2025 in chambers articles, housing, injunctions, judges, jurisdiction, landlord & tenant, news by sally

‘As housing practitioners, an application we see regularly is for an injunction for access for gas safety checks. Over the last 3 months, 4 issues have been raised with me so I thought it was a good time to write an article on the subject.’

St Ives Chambers, 21st January 2025

Source: d23mtoo6rceerw.cloudfront.net

The Deregulation Act 2015: A decade on – St John’s Chambers

Posted February 26th, 2025 in appeals, chambers articles, housing, landlord & tenant, news, repossession by sally

‘In this article Brittany Pearce considers some of the difficulties still posed by the Deregulation Act 2015 for defaulting landlords and outlines the issues still outstanding following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ 760.’

St John's Chambers, 21st January 2025

Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk

Ombudsman sets out common failings of landlords when it comes to inspections following damp and mould complaints – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 26th, 2025 in complaints, health, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, ombudsmen by sally

‘The Housing Ombudsman has analysed four common failings of social landlords in a report on inspections and knowledge management within damp and mould complaints.’

Local Government Lawyer, 25th February 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

If it’s not on the list… (unless it is blank) – Nearly Legal

Posted February 25th, 2025 in agreements, landlord & tenant, leases, news, service charges, third parties by tracey

‘Uddin & Ors v Notting Hill Genesis (LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – assured tenancies) (2025) UKUT 56 (LC). This was Notting Hill Genesis’ appeal from a FTT decision that service charges that it had been charged by the freeholder and in turn had sought to charge to its assured tenants were not payable under the tenancy agreements, and also were unreasonable in amount.’

Nearly Legal, 24th February 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Section 21 and Gas Safety again, and tools for tenants. – Nearly legal

Posted February 25th, 2025 in health & safety, landlord & tenant, news, utilities by tracey

‘Section 21 and Gas Safety again, and tools for tenants.’

Nearly Legal, 24th February 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Man fined for housing 18 people in three-bed house – BBC News

Posted February 19th, 2025 in fines, health & safety, houses in multiple occupation, housing, landlord & tenant, news, sentencing by tracey

‘A landlord has been ordered by a court to pay £37,000 after 18 people were found living in a terraced house in north London.’

BBC News, 19th February 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Key reforms in the Renters’ Rights Bill and their impact on tenants and landlords – Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog

Posted February 12th, 2025 in bills, landlord & tenant, news, rent, repairs, repossession by sally

‘This Bill, which was originally introduced by the previous government as the Renters’ Reform Bill, seeks to level-up the perceived current imbalance between residential landlords and tenants by bestowing on tenants greater rights and security. But critics argue that the proposed reforms go too far in favour of tenants. So, what are the current key reforms affecting private residential tenancies?’

Kingsley Napley Real Estate Law Blog, 11th February 2025

Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk

Intentional homelessness and tenancy obtained by deception – Nearly Legal

Posted February 10th, 2025 in fraud, homelessness, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, repossession by tracey

‘Munemo v City of Wolverhampton Council (2025) EWCC 4. This is quite the section 204 homelessness appeal of Wolverhampton’s review decision confirming the decision that Ms M was intentionally homeless.’

Nearly Legal, 9th February 2025

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Delay to ‘Awaab’s law’ risks lives of social housing tenants in England, Shelter says – The Guardian

Posted February 7th, 2025 in bills, charities, delay, government departments, health, health & safety, housing, landlord & tenant, news, repairs by Lily

‘The housing charity Shelter has criticised the government for putting lives at risk by delaying a law to make social landlords in England fix dangerous hazards quickly.’

The Guardian, 6th February 2025

Source: www.theguardian.com

Law to make social landlords fix mould in force from October – BBC News

Posted February 7th, 2025 in bills, charities, delay, government departments, health, health & safety, landlord & tenant, news, repairs by Lily

‘Landlords will be forced to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing in England within strict timescales from October, the government has announced.’

BBC News, 6th February 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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