Full and Final Settlement
Question: Hi Adrian When returning only a portion of a tenants deposit by chq in the post, if it was accompanied by a...
Six Months Rent in Advance
Sometimes, a landlord is offered a multiple of months rent in advance by a prospective tenant. Commonly this is six...
After Judgment
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Small Claims – Forms Guidance
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Small Claims On-Line
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How to Find Address if Vacated
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Pre Action Letter – Tenant in O...
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Small Claims Proceedings – Intr...
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Piggott v Slaven 2009
Piggott V Slaven Great Grimsby County Court, 23 February 2009 Mr Piggott granted a tenancy to Ms Slaven in 2005. She...
Mistake in Contract
Q: I advertised a property at £450pcm. The particulars showed this amount and so did the advert. On signing the...
Third Party Deductions
Where a landlord has a current tenant claiming Job Seekers Allowance or Income Support and there are rent arrears, it...
Rent Reduction
Q: I would like to ‘reduce’ the rent for one of my good tenants on an assured shorthold tenancy to save them from...
Rent increase clause does “not&...
London District Properties Management Ltd & others v Goolmay [2009] EWHC 1367 (Admin) Burnett J. Where a fixed...
When rent is due and in arrears
Rent is payable in arrears unless there is an express agreement that it is payable in advance. Where the rent is...
Payment of rent into bank
Where the landlord directed the tenant to pay rent to the landlord’s bank, the rent was paid when the money was...
Payment of rent in advance is not pay...
Payment before the day is voluntary and a payment of a sum in gross, and no satisfaction at law of the rent. [Clun's...
Payment of rent by a stranger
Payment or satisfaction of the amount of the rent due by a stranger to the contract of tenancy does not discharge the...
Must landlord accept rent?
It seems that the landlord is not obliged to accept rent tendered to him. He may refuse to do so where, for example,...


