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EPC and Inventory

EPC and Inventory

Table of contents for Granting an Assured Shorthold TenancyEPC and InventoryCan the Tenancy be Assured...

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Budget 2010

Budget 2010

Now that things have settled down a little and as further details appear from the emergency budget, we...

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A Flaw in the Argument?

A Flaw in the Argument?

I have just been reading an article on deposit schemes legislation (which we helped produce) and despite...

Prevention of Rats and Mice Notice

I have just had a notice from our local authority requesting that I remove some waste from the rear of one of our...

Prevention of Rats and Mice Notice
posted on: 27 Jul 2010 | author: admin

Police Broken Door

A perhaps surprisingly common question we get is what is the position where the police break down a tenants door? Who...

Police Broken Door
posted on: 13 Jul 2010 | author: admin

Licensing – Home address requir...

Where an application for an HMO licence is being made, can the local authority require a home address of the...

Licensing – Home address required?
posted on: 12 Jul 2010 | author: admin

Failure to Comply with Initial Requir...

Paula O’Brien v Jacqueline Jones & Andrew Alexander (T/A Belvoir Huntingdon). Northampton County Court, Claim...

Failure to Comply with Initial Requirements
posted on: 8 Jul 2010 | author: admin

Update on Government Plans

There has been a flurry of recent announcements by Grant Shapps the Housing Minister. I thought it worth while to...

Update on Government Plans
posted on: 21 Jun 2010 | author: admin

Basement Counted as Storey?

As was reported here, we were assisting one of our members with a case where he has a two storey house which also has...

Basement Counted as Storey?
posted on: 21 Jun 2010 | author: admin

Tenant moving from old HB to LHA

As was reported here, we have been working very hard on a case where a tenant ceased claiming housing benefit under...

Tenant moving from old HB to LHA
posted on: 21 Jun 2010 | author: admin

National Landlord Register Ditched

Grant Shapps, Housing minister gave a speech on Tuesday outlining his vision for aspiring home-owners. In his first...

National Landlord Register Ditched
posted on: 10 Jun 2010 | author: admin

When has a claim been made?

Novitskya v (1) London Borough of Brent (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 1260 Prior to...

When has a claim been made?
posted on: 4 Jun 2010 | author: admin

Couple of Interesting Cases

A quick blog entry to let you know of a couple of interesting cases we are currently dealing with. One of them is only...

Couple of Interesting Cases
posted on: 3 Jun 2010 | author: admin
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