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Tenant Power 2025: Overhauling Deposits, Pets & Hazard Response

Learn the other five critical updates – deposit caps, fair-access rules, pet permissions, Awaab’s Law extensions and a new ombudsman…
10 months ago
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Avoid the Traps in the Renters’ Rights Bill: A Landlord’s and Letting Agent’s Survival Guide

The Section 21 right to possession of a residential property is about to end. Below, we help you master the…
10 months ago
The Limits of Guarantor Liability: Lessons from Holme v Brunskill (1878)

The Limits of Guarantor Liability: Lessons from Holme v Brunskill (1878)

The question of whether a guarantor would still be liable after the end of the term of an assured shorthold…
2 years ago
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How to recover debt by winding up or bankruptcy

If you are owed a substantial sum of money, you may have considered petitioning to wind up the debtor company,…
2 years ago
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Residential Possession Proceedings: Answering Landlords’ common questions

If a landlord wants their property back and a tenant refuses to leave voluntarily, the landlord must follow the legal…
2 years ago
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The Right of First Refusal – When Does It Apply?

When a landlord is planning to sell the freehold of a building that contains residential flats, it is usually legally…
2 years ago
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The rent moratorium continues – bad news for Landlords, good news for Tenants

The government announce the rent moratorium on landlords taking action against its commercial tenants has been extended until 25 March…
5 years ago
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Property Roundtable Spring Session

The Spring Session of the Property Roundtable marked both 1 year since the inception of the Roundtable discussions….
5 years ago
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Tenants: Can a break clause be used to re-gear my lease?

We have seen tenants offering not to exercise their break option in a lease in return for a further rent-free…
5 years ago
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What is Turnover Rent and who does it benefit?

Turnover Rent is a form of Rent in Commercial Leases which may benefit both a Landlord and a Tenant….
6 years ago
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Security of tenure and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

In the case of business tenancies, both landlords and tenants need to be aware of security of tenure. Security of…
6 years ago
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EPCs and the impact of MEES Regulations – Are you ready for the April 2020 deadline?

Since 2008, it has been a legal requirement that whenever a property is built, sold or rented, an Energy Performance…
6 years ago