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This section contains posts about or commenting on significant legal cases in landlord & tenant law.

You need to be licensed to serve a valid possession notice in Wales says new case

July 8, 2020 by Tessa Shepperson

This post looks at the case of Jarvis v Evans [2020] EWCA Civ 854 and is written by Justin Bates, who appeared for the landlord. About licensing in Wales Part 1, Housing (Wales) Act 2014, creates a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: Wales

Upper Tribunal decision allows tenants to receive much larger Rent Repayment Orders

June 24, 2020 by Robin

Legal points

This post is by Robin Stewart of Anthony Gold. Rent repayment orders are now going be significantly larger - that is the effect the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber’s recent decision in Vadamalay v … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: Rent Repayment Orders

Failing to serve a gas safety certificate before tenants move in is not fatal to s21 claims says Court of Appeal

June 18, 2020 by Tessa Shepperson

This post is written by housing barrister Justin Bates who led for the successful landlord in this case. In Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield the Court of Appeal has held (by 2 to 1) that a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: Gas Safety Certificates, Section 21

Landlord Law Legal Cases – The Right to Rent Appeal with Justin Bates

April 28, 2020 by Tessa Shepperson

Landlords and agents have had to carry out right to rent checks under on tenants since 2016 (and in some areas since 2014) - but is the right to rent scheme inherently discriminatory?  And if so, is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report

Update on which ‘landlord’ a Rent Repayment Order can be made against

November 12, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

Flats

From Robin Stewart of Anthony Gold solicitors I wrote in an earlier blog post about some of the complications faced by tenants and by the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) when trying to identify who can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report

A new case on the licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation – Taylor v Mina An Ltd

August 19, 2019 by David

An article by solicitor David Smith. There has been an interesting new decision on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation. In Taylor v Mina An Ltd [2019] UKUT 249 (LC) the Upper … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law case report Tagged With: HMOs

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Landlord Law Blog tries to cover most of the main cases which affect landlords and tenants in the private sector.

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