Rent Repayment Orders and Multiple Offences – 3PB
‘The term ‘rogue landlords’ has been around for many years.’
3PB, 18th March 2021
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
Category: landlord & tenant
Only 39 rogue landlords and agents hit with banning orders – The Guardian
‘Only 39 landlords and agents have received government banning orders since new powers came into force three years ago to remove England’s worst rental property owners.’
The Guardian, 5th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Domestic abuse: Women ‘could die in unregulated refuges’ – BBC News
‘Domestic abuse support groups have warned that women will be unsafe if unregulated refuges are allowed to continue offering accommodation. One organisation said “women could die” if the practice does not stop. They fear the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill could see private landlords offering rooms for vulnerable women fleeing violence.’
BBC News, 26th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Arrears, conduct and Tribunal discretion on RRO awards – Nearly Legal
‘Awad v Hooley (2021) UKUT 55 (LC). This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal of the FTT decision on a rent repayment order application that we first saw here.’
Nearly Legal, 21st March 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Ministry extends ban on bailiff-enforced evictions – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Government has extended the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in all but the most serious circumstances and the requirement for landlords to provide six-month notice periods to residential tenants before they evict until at least 31 May.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Landlord ordered to pay nearly £200,000 after unlawfully turning property into 13 flats – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord who turned a property in Walthamstow into 13 flats has been ordered to pay nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and a confiscation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Rent Repayment Order miscellany – Nearly Legal
‘A couple of Upper Tribunal decisions on rent repayment order appeals, with broader significance.’
Nearly Legal, 6th March 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Leasehold miscellany – Nearly Legal
‘Some brief notes on Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal judgments on leasehold matters.’
Nearly Legal, 6th March 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Rogue landlord told to pay back £739,000 over illegal London housing – The Guardian
‘A rogue landlord who operated illegal rooming houses in London has been told to pay back £739,000 in illicit earnings or face jail, in one of the biggest confiscation orders of its kind, the council that investigated the case has said.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Landlord loses appeal over rent repayment order for HMO occupied by tenants housed at direction of council – Local Government Lawyer
‘Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council has secured more than £13,000 in a rent repayment order after the failure of an appeal against it.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Substantial debts are not substantial arrears – Nearly Legal
‘The decision of Master Dagnall in The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity of the Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond, commonly called the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond v (1) Prescott (2) Byrne (2021) EWHC 283 (Ch), was, until Saturday night, at risk of being a footnote in housing law history, but, with the extension of the ban on (most) evictions in England being extended until the end of March (here, and see below), it’s now a bit more important.’
Nearly Legal, 14th February 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England extended to end of March – The Guardian
‘The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England is to be extended until the end of March, the government has announced.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Housing association obtains £81,000 judgment against ex-tenant for unlawful subletting – Local Government Lawyer
‘The tenancy enforcement team at social landlord Hyde has secured an £81,000 money judgment against a former tenant for unlawful subletting.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Tenant of social landlord given six days in prison over breach of civil injunction by breaking Covid rules on illegal gatherings – Local Government Lawyer
‘Bromley County Court has released a tenant of social landlord Peabody Trust who served six days in prison for breaching a civil injunction imposed after breaches of Covid regulations on gatherings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd February 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Lancashire Hot Pot – waiver of forfeiture and landlord knowledge of breach – Nearly Legal
‘On 22nd January the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Faiz v Burnley Borough Council (2021) EWCA Civ 55. Judgment dismissing the appeal was given by Lewison LJ; with whom Arnold and Asplin LLJs agreed. The case came on appeal from the decision of HHJ Halliwell (2020) EWHC 407 (Ch).’
Nearly Legal, 26th January 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
And he’s not there… – Nearly Legal
‘A breach of lease case in the Upper Tribunal which, despite the names, appears to be between two unrelated people. So I shall call them L – the leaseholder – and F – the freeholder – to avoid multiple Gibbins related confusion.’
Nearly Legal, 13th December 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Guess who? Does a section 8 notice have to contain the landlord’s own name and address? – Hardwicke Chambers
‘Kort Egan discusses Prempeh v Lakhany [2020] EWCA Civ 1422, in which the Court of Appeal considered whether a section 8 notice that is signed by the landlord’s agent and contains the agent’s details, must also include the landlord’s name and address.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th November 2020
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
Property: Residential evictions: where are we now? – Lamb Chambers
‘Oscar Davies gives an update on where we are currently with residential evictions, the general ban and its exceptions.’
Lamb Chambers, November 2020
Source: www.lambchambers.co.uk
Judicial review challenge to end after Government uses emergency procedure to formalise requirement for bailiffs not to enforce warrants and writs – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Government has issued a statutory instrument under emergency procedures to prevent, except in specified circumstances, bailiffs and High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEOs) attending at a dwelling house to execute a writ or warrant of possession, execute a writ or warrant of restitution or deliver a notice of eviction.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th November 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
