Missing Prescribed Information
Baafi v Mapp Central London County Court 24 June 2010 The landlord had served a section 21 notice and commenced...
No Duty to Mitigate Loss
Reichman v Beveridge [2007] 1 P & CR 358 Summary Where the tenant had failed to pay rent due under the lease and...
Notice of Surrender
Introduction Where a tenant wishes to leave during a fixed term, or simply vacates without notice, this is an offer to...
Section 21 Notices an Introduction
Table of contents for Section 21 NoticesSection 21 Notices an IntroductionService of Section 21 before or beginning of...
Ground 1 Notice
Question Hi I have just noticed the ground 1 download and if I understand it correctly it has to be served before...
MyDeposits rules change
MyDeposits have issued new rules which take effect from 6 April 2010. The Guild of Residential Landlords tenancy...
Break Clause
UNDER CONSTRUCTION What is a break clause? Sometimes a fixed term tenancy agreement can contain a clause which brings...
Seghier v Rollings, Bow County Court,...
Ms Rollings granted Mr Seghier an assured shorthold tenancy In May 2007. He paid a deposit to her agent prior to...
Saving Formulas in Notices
Table of contents for Section 21 NoticesSection 21 Notices an IntroductionService of Section 21 before or beginning of...
Notices to Quit
Once again, thanks to the Painsmith Solicitor Blog for this article, original article here A recent Court of Appeal...
Saad v Hogan 2009
Saad v Hogan Brentford County Court, 16 February 2009 (appeal heard in the County Court) Mr Saad (landlord) entered...
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...
Statutory Periodic Tenancy
Introduction A statutory periodic tenancy is what happens to an assured or assured shorthold tenancy when the tenancy...
Rent dodger signs – Are they la...
I’ve just had an interesting question on the help-line that I thought worthy of a brief article. I remembered...
Forfeiture common-law tenancy breach ...
None of the information below applies to assured or assured shorthold tenancies. The information below only applies to...
Trespasser Possession Procedure
Before using this procedure, you should check by reading the other parts of this section that the occupier is truly a...
Trespasser or Tenant?
The definition of when a claim against a trespasser can be made is: “a possession claim against...
Interim Possession Order (rarely used...
An interim possession order will rarely be used. It is rather complicated and has strict requirements. In most cases...


