Insights

The Independent has reported that a Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Government would end ‘no-fault’ evictions in order to give stability to tenants and tip the balance of power away from landlords and to...

The draft bill on for banning letting agent fees has taken most of the attention (you can read David Smith’s comments on the Government’s proposals here) but last week also saw progress towards ba...

The shocking events at Grenfell Tower have rightly brought renewed attention to fire safety in residential property. Over the following weeks, months and years there will be a forensic examination of...

Most tenancies granted in the private rented sector are ‘assured shorthold tenancies’ and this had led to the “AST” becoming the default tenancy agreement for many letting agents and landlords...

There are sometimes situations where a landlord, through no fault of their own, finds themselves falling foul of one of the property licensing schemes created by Part 2 or Part 3, Housing Act 2004. Th...

The right to rent scheme has recently come under attack from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrant ("JCWI"), who have threatened a pre-emptive challenge to the Government's plan to expand the...

The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, announced in her speech at the Conservative party conference on 4 October that the Government will introduce new criminal offences targeted at landlords. The crimina...

From 1 February 2016 all tenancies in England are subject to the Right to Rent scheme under Part 3 of the Immigration Act 2014. There are many things landlords and agents need to do to ensure that...