Insights

In January the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consulted on amending the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) and these changes are now expected to come into force next year. T...

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...

What is it? The new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims came into effect on 1 October 2017 and has made some important changes to the procedure for recovering debts. The protocol is primarily aimed...

Slightly unexpectedly and without much fanfare, banning orders edged a step closer today. Banning orders allow local housing authorities to ask the tribunal to ban landlords or letting agents who h...

The government has today published its response to the consultation on banning letting agent fees to tenants along with a draft bill.   Consultation Response There was a disparity betwee...

Letting agents who grant tenants “sham” licences run the risk of being prosecuted by the local authority following a successful prosecution in Islington London Borough Council v Green Live Ltd, t/...

In his speech at the Conservative party conference the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajjid Javid, slightly unexpectedly stated that the government intended to regulate lett...

From 11 May 2017 Nationwide announced that it would no longer be lending to new build properties with unreasonable ground rents.  Unreasonable ground rents being those that double every 5, 10 or 15 y...