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The Tenant Fees Act 2019 restricts the ability of landlords and letting agents to charge fees to tenants in England, but the Act does not ban all fees and charges. There are various ‘permitted payme...

This is the last in our series of blog post for ‘Rent repayment order week’. In this final instalment I will discuss some of the legal issues involved when a landlord faces an RRO and wishes to ma...

For today’s instalment of rent repayment order week, we are publishing a podcast: our solicitors Eleanor Solomon and Robin Stewart sat down with Ben Reeve-Lewis from Safer Renting to discuss access...

In the rented sector legal changes continue at pace as the Government reacts to fears of mass evictions, political pressure and mounting concerns about a second wave Covid-19. The ‘stay’ on posses...

‘Rent to rent’ is a still a popular business model for landlords despite its many risks. In a rent to rent or ‘guaranteed rent’ arrangement the property owner grants a lease to an individual o...

This is part 3 of a 3-part series exploring how the Tenant Fees Act 2019 provisions apply to tenancies from 1 June 2020. In the first two parts, Sarah Cummins examined how the conclusion of the phase...

In a previous blog I discuss what circumstances could amount to a reasonable excuse. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) recently considered in IR Management Services Limited v Salford City Council...

The term ‘reasonable excuse’ appears in many areas of regulatory law. This includes the regulation of the private rented sector (my own practice area), penalties imposed by HMRC relating to tax ob...