Insights

Due to the recent Covid-19 outbreak, landlords may face difficulties in complying with their obligations to attend the property to carry out gas and electrical inspections and conduct other repairs in...

The Government has recently announced its decision to temporarily relax the right to rent rules during the Covid-19 pandemic, starting from 30 March 2020. Given the recent social-distancing measu...

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Government announced a “radical package of measures to protect renters and landlords affected by coronavirus. As a result, no renter in either social or...

Most of us are fortunate enough not to have lived through a pandemic like COVID-19 before.  We are not used to empty shelves or streets.  Nor spending all our time at home.  The instruction to stay...

The Government published the draft Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 in January which, subject to parliamentary approval, will impose new electrical s...

On 20 March 2020, The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 as amended by section 9 of the Homes (Fitness for Habitation) Act 2018 (HFFH) comes into full effect, in England only. HFFH implies a fitness standar...

The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the hearing of Jarvis & Evans & Evans will take place on either 16 or 17 June 2020. This is an important case for Welsh landlords and tenants concern...

To round up Leasehold Made Simple week Ian Mitchell discusses the Government’s leasehold reform and what this means for the future of leasehold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RKnxgIBp4...