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Abandonment of Properties – guidance for landlords

Moving out
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Abandonment, Abandonment notice, Implied Surrender, Renters Rights Act Checked

Amending the Landlord Law Welsh Occupation Contracts

Paperwork
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Filed Under: Wales Tagged With: Wales only, Wales tenancy agreements Topic

An Introduction to Consumer Law

Consumer rights
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Filed Under: Consumer Law Tagged With: Consumer, Letting agent regulation, Renters Rights Act Checked, Unfair Terms

Assured Tenancies

Houses
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Filed Under: Occupation Types, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Assured Shorthold tenancies, Assured tenancies, England only, RRA-Occupation-Types-Topic, Tenancy Types

Attending Court Hearings

Swearing in witness in courtroom
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Filed Under: Court Proceedings Tagged With: CCJ, Court hearing, Eviction, Law Courts

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Are Housing Benefit entitled to insist on paying tenants rent in arrears when under the tenancy agreement it is payable in advance

Unpaid rent
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Housing Benefit, payments, Rent arrears, Tenancy Agreement Clauses

Are inspections necessary and if so, how often should I do them?

Property inspection
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Inspections

Are landlords obliged to fit smoke and carbon monoxide alarms?

Smoke alarm
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: Carbon Monoxide, England only, Health & Safety, Smoke alarms

Are tenants entitled to request energy efficiency improvements?

Energy efficiency
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Filed Under: The Property Condition Tagged With: Energy Efficiency

Are the HMO licensing rules the same everywhere in the country?

HMO House
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Filed Under: Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Licensing, Renters Rights Act Checked

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Can a tenant end a tenancy just by moving out?

Tessa Shepperson

This is taken from a workshop given by Tessa Shepperson on 8 March 2018. The case Tessa refers to is  Reichman and Another -v- Beveridge [2006]. Related videos Can’t find
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies

Company Lets

Company Lets Video

This is taken from a workshop given by Tessa Shepperson in February 2017.  In this clip Tessa discusses company lets. Related videos Related FAQs Find out more about occuption types
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Filed Under: Occupation Types Tagged With: Company Lets

Conference 2021 Recordings Page

Conference course
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David Cox’s talk on the Tenant Fees Act 2019

David Cox Tenant Fees Act

This content should be treated with caution as it was created before the coming into force of the Renters Rights Act 2025. Speakers Notes Speakers Powerpoint Related videos Check out
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Agreements, Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: David Cox, Tenant Fees Act

David Smith’s talk on ‘Rent to Rent’ arrangements

David Smith Rent to Rent

Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our    New Wales PageNote that this video was recorded before the
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Occupation Types Tagged With: rent to rent

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Dealing with Problem Letting Agents – About this Guide

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Filed Under: About Letting Agents

Section 21 Guide

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Section 21 Guide

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Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: Wales only

Section 21 Guide

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Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: England only

The Tenancy Deposit Compliance Checker

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Filed Under: Uncategorised

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1. The Property Checklist

The Property Checklists

1. The Property Checklist England Housing law in England changed on 1 May 2026 when the Renters Rights Act 2025 came into force.  We have updated this checklist to take
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Filed Under: General Tagged With: England only

1. The Property Checklist Wales

Property Checklist
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Filed Under: Wales Tagged With: wales, Wales only

1a. The Pre Renters Rights Act Checklist

The Property Checklists

1a. The Renters Rights Act Checklist This is a special checklist to help landlords deal with the Renters Rights Act 2025, stage 1 of which came into force on 1
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Filed Under: General Tagged With: England only, Renters Rights Act

2. The New Contract Holder Checklist Wales

New Contract Holder Checklist
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Filed Under: Wales Tagged With: wales, wales checks rental payments topic, Wales only

2. The New Tenant Checklist

New tenant checklist
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: England only

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Coronavirus Eviction Rules

Coronavirus help
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Filed Under: Court Proceedings Tagged With: Coronavirus

Eviction Guide – Accelerated Procedure

Eviction Guide
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Eviction Guide – Introduction

Eviction Guide
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Eviction Guide – Standard Procedure

Eviction Guide
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Eviction Guide Letters

Eviction Guide
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Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Eviction

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AA v Rodriguez & Ors [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Accent Peerless Ltd -v- Kingsdon and Another [2007]

High Court
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Filed Under: Court Proceedings Tagged With: Nuisance

Acheampong v Roman & Ors and Choudhury v Razak & Ors [2022]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Limited (formerly Flourish Homes Limited) [2015]

The Supreme Court
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Filed Under: Court Proceedings Tagged With: Disabled tenant, Discrimination

Amoah v. Barking and Dagenham LBC

High Court
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies, Occupation Types Tagged With: Implied Surrender, prison

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Dealing with Problem Letting Agents – A Guide for Landlords

Letting agents can be a boon to landlords, and a good agent can definitely be worth the money. However, it has to be said that not all agents are satisfactory,
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents Tagged With: Trail home page

Have you forgotten to protect the tenancy deposit?

The guide is currently being updated.  Please come back later. Note that the legal system for renting property changed in Wales on 1 December 2022 with the coming into force
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Filed Under: Tenancy Deposits Tagged With: Trail home page

Saving money with Landlord Law

To find out how much you can save on letting agent fees – complete the form fields below: But is managing your property yourself without using a letting agent a
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Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: Trail home page

Section 21 Guide

Welcome to this Guide to Section 21 Note that the legal system for renting property changed in Wales on 1 December 2022 when the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 come
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Filed Under: Ending Tenancies Tagged With: Section 21 Notice, Trail home page

Template – Trail Home – Which tenancy agreement guide

Case law

Tenancy Agreements: Everyone tells you that you have to use the correct form, but how do you find which is best for YOUR needs? Most tenancies are assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs),
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Courses Kits and Training Index Page

Landlord Law provides lots of kits and training courses many of which you can access as part of your membership.   We list these below along with a few which are
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Filed Under: Index Page, Training

Debt Assessment Services from Julie Ford

Julie Ford

Debt Assessment Service from Julie Ford Julie Ford is a housing advisor whose speciality is helping tenants who are in arrears, by assisting them claim benefits and locating grants to
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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Julie Ford

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) FAQ

Here is a link of all our FAQ just on HMO related topics: Click the menu button below to see FAQ for other individual topics Featured FAQ

Filed Under: Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Licensing, HMO Rules

How to make the most of your advice call

We have a huge amount of help and advice on Landlord Law, but sometimes you need a bit of extra help. You need someone who understands the law to look
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Filed Under: General, Services Tagged With: General Legal

Index

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Index of Topics and Terms A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X 
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2020 HMO Day Recordings

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2021Conference

2024 Landlord Law Home Page

Landlord Law Members, Course and Kit owners, please log into Landlord Law: Login here Since 2001 Landlord Law has been helping landlords in England & Wales UK manage their property
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2024 New Home Page – Block

Landlord Law Members, Course and Kit owners, please log into Landlord Law: Since 2001 Landlord Law has been helping landlords in England & Wales UK manage their property within the
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About Letting Agents

About Letting Agents This section is called ‘about letting agents’ as it is not a section FOR letting agents! It is a section with information for landlords. Many landlords will
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‘Back landlords, don’t bash them’, says new Kate Barker-led report

The Radix Big Tent Housing Commission urges the Government to stop treating landlords as the part of problem.

Filed Under: Quick News Updates

‘Criminal’ landlord trio hit with huge £450k HMO fine

Three West Northants landlords have together been fined a total of £452,796 for a series of unlicensed and unsafe HMOs.

Filed Under: Quick News Updates

‘Renting reforms won’t work unless three key areas changed’

NRLA has made the comments as Bill prepares to enter Committee Stage in Lords, saying action is needed to bolster courts, include all student properties and reverse plans for rent
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Filed Under: Quick News Updates

£36m – UK’s biggest ever material information case?

A Georgian oligarch’s daughter is suing vendor for £36m for moth ‘plague’ in home that was not disclosed.

Filed Under: Quick News Updates

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