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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Debt Assessment Services from 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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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
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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Index
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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Legal Basics Courses
The Legal Basics Courses The Legal Basics courses provide (fairly) short explanations of basic legal topics. This is to give Landlord Law members somewhere to find out more about the
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New Content
This is a list of all new content added to the Landlord Law site from 1 January 2021. Although note that this does not include amends to the Checklists which
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Scams and Frauds
Scams & Frauds Unfortunatly scammers and fraudsters are always with us, and they often target landlords and their tenants. On this page we set out some of the more common
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Special Information Pages
Special Information Pages Introduction All of the content on Landlord Law can be located via the main topic pages. However some subjects – such as eviction – straddle more than
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Step by Step Guides or ‘Trails’
Landlord and tenant law is often very formulaic and to reach the correct answer you may need to answer a number of questions. To help you, we have a number
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Telephone Advice Service – From a solicitor
This service is currently being upgraded and so will be unavailable for a short period. Please check back later. If you need advice urgently contact us. A simple and straightforward
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Template test – Top Tips
Content – e.g. Be aware that under agency law, you will be bound by everything your agent does on your behalf – even if it is something you told them
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Terms and Conditions – Solicitors Telephone Advice Service.
Terms and Conditions – Solicitors Telephone Advice Service. This page sets out the terms and conditions under which our solicitors’ telephone advice service is provided. Please read it carefully. Note
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips for Landlords on Letting Agents
Be careful when choosing a letting agent. You can be legally bound by things they do on your behalf, sometimes even where they have disregarded your instructions. Set out their
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips for Welsh Landlords
The law governing rented homes in Wales changed substantially on 1 December 2022, when the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 came into force. If you are unfamiliar with the rules,
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips Landlords on avoiding harassment claims
Do not ever use your keys to enter the property unless you have the tenant’s permission (save in a genuine emergency – such as a serious fire) This is particularly
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips Landlords on Evicting Tenants
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page You need to take care to use
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Consumer Law
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page A tenancy is almost always a consumer
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Court Proceedings
The criminal courts deal with claims mostly brought by the state, whereby someone is to be punished for doing something wrong. The civil courts are there to decide on claims
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Ending Tenancies (England)
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page There is a difference between ending a
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Occupation Types (England)
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page If a landlord rents a room in
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Rent
Landlords of assured tenancies in England must now give a proposed rent in all property adverts (other than boards) and must not charge more than this when the property is
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Tenancy Agreements (England)
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page Make sure you are using the right
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on Tenancy Deposits
Where the deposit is for an assured tenancy or residential license – no more than five weeks worth of rent can be taken as a deposit, or six weeks if
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on the Legal Aspects of Preparing a Property to Rent
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page Make sure that you have obtained any
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Tessa’s Top Ten Tips on Signing up New Tenants
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page Get as much information as you can
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Tessa’s Ten Top Tips on HMOs
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page HMO stands for ‘House in Multiple Occupation’.
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Test Page
The Landlord Law Monthly CPD Service
How it works: Every month we run a ‘members only’ training webinar on a general topic of interest to landlords. For example on a new piece of legislation or legal case,
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The Landlord Law Points Information Page
How it works: The Landlord Law Points system is an internal currency where members can earn points in various ways and then redeem them against certain products and services. Members can
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The Renters Rights Act – Landlord FAQ
The Renters Rights Act – Landlord FAQ When will the Renters Rights Act come into force? The government have now published a roadmap which sets out the implementation dates as
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Top Tips pages
Note that housing law in Wales has changed with effect from 1 December 2022. Find out more on our New Wales Page These pages are open access so anyone
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