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 are frequently updated.

Content is listed chronologically with the most recent at the top:

Audit Kit

27/03/2024

Use our new Audit Kit to check you are compliant with the law

Material Information Checklist

31/01/2024

Find this here and also via the Documents and Forms page.

Training webinars

I keep forgetting to mention these, but all the training webinars have been recorded and can be found here.

A new legal case

26/09/2023

Baring and Dagenham LBC v Gbadegesin and another

29/08/2023

Richworth Ltd v Billingham [2023]

A new FAQ

26/08/2023

Do you need an EPC for an HMO?

Possession notice page update

3 August 2023

The possession notices page and the document generator form 8 has been updated to take account of recent changes.

A new FAQ and other changes

2 August 2023

Can I prohibit tenants from keeping e-bikes and e-scooters at the property?

There have also been some amendments to the tenancy agreement clauses, which you can read in the Changelog page, and a new Landlords Letter giving permission for keeping e-bikes. 

We have also added a section on e-bikes in the House Rules page.

A new FAQ

4 July 2023

Why is the Local Authority asking me to do the Electoral Roll for my HMO?

Tenancy Agreement Additional Clauses

13/06/2023

These have now been moved to a page on their own, as some people found them hard to find.

The new page is here.

A new letter

05/05/23

A new draft letter to notify tenants when a new managing agent takes over management of their property – find it on the landlord’s letters page.

A new FAQ

12/04/23

What is the different definition of an HMO for Council Tax?

A new FAQ

27/3/23

Can I refuse to accept tenants with children in my rented property?

A  new legal case

20/03/2023

Craig Baxter v. Sarah Doble and Anor [2023]

Meter Readings forms

18/3/23

New Welsh versions of the meter reading notification forms (the green buttons)

New content

16/3/23

A new FAQ – What can I do if I can’t prove service of a gas safety certificate before the tenants moved in?
A new prescribed information form for Wales

A new FAQ

20/02/2023

A new FAQ – What is the law on Rent Repayment Orders

A new Legal Case

6/2/2022

Mooney v. Whiteland – on landlord’s rent increase notices.

More Wales content

30/01/2023

The Occupation Contracts have been updated and we now have a periodic contract
We now have a conversion contracts page

Fire Safety

A clip from the Legal Update 2022 with Sam Madge Wyld on Fire Safety legislation can now be found here.

Wales pet form

8/1/2023

We now have a pet form for Welsh landlords to use, which has the correct terminology.  Find it on the additional occupation contract documents page.

Wales occupation contracts

4/1/2023

The occupation contracts have now been amended slightly – this is noted in the new changelog page for the Welsh contracts.

I have also done some amends to the Wales Occupation Contract page to provide further information (as we have on the England tenancy agreements page).

Wales content

31/12/2022

The new Wales page went live on 1 December.

We also have two Welsh Occupation Contracts and a new article on how to amend them.

And a new Quick Guide on Ending Tenancies.

A new FAQ and Wales work

12/11/22

We have a new FAQ:

My tenants have registered a limited company at my property address, what can I do?

I am also doing a considerable amount of work for the new Welsh legislation due to come into force on 1 December 2022 but as there is quite a lot of this I am not listing it here.  You will find it all linked from the new Wales page.

The second in the training webinar series is now online:

Landlord Law Essentials Part 2 – Before you rent

Renewal form amends

21/10/2022

I have amended the renewal form to allow you to add any minor amendments to the tenancy agreement which you want to apply during the new fixed term.

I have also added at the bottom of the additional clauses page some rather helpful FAQ which one of our members asked on the forum.

The September training webinar

01/10/2022

Landlord Law Essentials Part 1 – Background Law

A new ‘rent to rent’ legal case

16/9/22

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

New FAQ and content on permitted occupiers

08/09/2022

FAQ:

What is the legal status of a ‘household member’ on the Landlord Law tenancy agreements?
What should landlords do if household members stay on after the tenants have left?
What is a lodger?
My tenant has asked permission for someone else to live at the property – should I permit this?

And a new permission for household member form on this page.

New webinar and letter

25/8/2022

The August training webinar on Rent Repayment Orders
A new landlords letter to use when refusing permission to keep a pet

New Legal Cases

1/8/2022

Kowalek v Hassanein Ltd [2022]
Cobb & Ors v Jahanghir [2022]

A new free information page

26/07/2022

Scams and Frauds

A New FAQ

25/07/22

Licensing – where a building has several flats, must the landlord get licenses for each flat, or can a single license be obtained for the building?

A new FAQ

22/07/22

If my tenant owes me money can this be deducted from their benefit payments?

A new Article

13/07/2022

Legionella – the history, the law, and some practical guidance

A new Article

02/07/22

Rent Repayment Orders

A new Training webinar recording

23/06/22

A new FAQ:

What are the differences between fixed-term and periodic tenancies in England?

A new FAQ & Legal case

22/04/2022
What is Overcrowding

Prempeh v Lakhany [2020]

A new FAQ & Legal case

06/04/2022
What is Council Tax Disaggregation

Johnson v Richmond Housing Partnership

A new FAQ

23/03/2022

What is Overcrowding

A new FAQ

21/02/2022

Should guarantees be signed as a deed?

Latest Webinar Recordings

09/03/22
Achieving compliance through the HMO licence application process – with Richard Tacagni
Case Law Update 2021-2022 with Sam Madge-Wyld
An Introduction to Universal Credit with Bill Irvine
Improving the buying and selling process with Beth Rudolf
Trespassers & unauthorised occupiers with Gina Peters

Two new cases

09/03/22

Gill & Gill v Greenwich RLBC
Aytan v Moore

A new letter

28/2/2022

We have a new letter for landlords using a ‘landlords pay the bills’ version of our tenancy agreement if they need to increase the rent due to the bills increasing above the ‘bills allowance’.  Its on the Landlords Letters page.

Welsh Legislation, Regulations & Guidance Page

18/02/2022

Here

More new cases

23/12/2021

AA v Rodriguez & Ors

Global 100 Ltd, Global Guardians Management Ltd & Theo Kyprianou v LB Hounslow

Document Generator Help Page for Tenancy Agreements

Three new cases

16/11/2021

A new Real Life Story

11/11/2021

The Forged Guarantee Document

A new FAQ

4/11/21

Can a ‘rent to rent’ tenant claim mandatory renewal of their tenancy?

A new case and a new FAQ

27/10/21

 Bagette Ltd v GP Estates ltd

What are the HMO licensing rules for self-contained flats?

A new case

Williams v Parmar & ors  

New Possession Notices (England)

1/10/21

Possession notices have changed and the new forms are now available on the Possession Notices page.

Catch up and two new cases

26/9/21

We forgot to mention earlier the new training webinar with Brooke Lyne on reading leases

There are also two new case reports:

Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd
Arnold v Britton & Ors.

Two new Quick Guides

21/08/21

For Tenancy Agreements, and
The Property Condition.

A new letter and webinar recording

28/07/21

In view of recent feedback, I have now put a draft letter before action for you to use, in Stage 4 of the Rent Arrears Action Plan.

The training webinar with Dean Underwood on Rent Repayment Orders has now been uploaded and can be watched (by Business Level members) here.

A new FAQ

12/7/21

Can I refuse to accept applications from applicants on Universal Credit or Benefit?

A new Legal Case

05/07/21

D’Costa v D’Andrea & Ors [2021]

A new information page

29/6/21

The Government Guidance page

A new case report

28/6/21

Minster v. Hathaway & Hathaway.

The June Training Webinar

24/6/21

This was with David Cox on advertising properties online and can be found here.

New FAQ for Welsh landlords:

22/6/21

What are my obligations as a landlord regarding Water & Sewage (Wales)
What are landlords obligations regarding Electrical Appliances & Electrical Supply (Wales)

A new Statutory Instruments Page

21/06/21

A companion to the legislation page.  Find it here.

The Lockdown Learning Videos

07/06/21

Some more of these have now gone online:

Five reasons why ignorance of consumer law can cost you money by David Smith
Five ways the pandemic has changed possession procedures at court
Ten tips on dealing with subletting problems by David Smith
Three key developments in HMO licensing

Section 8 Notice

1/6/21

The amendments to the form come into force today and our document generator section 8 form (which can only be used for arrears cases) has now been updated and reinstated.

The notes on the possession notices page have also been updated.

Form and FAQ

31/05/21

A re-design for our Landlord Law Shop

24/5/21

See it here.

A new training webinar

21/5/21

David Smith’s webinar on notices and the Queen’s Speech May 2021

A new video & a new Quick Guide

20/5/21

We have added Brooke Lyne’s talk on gas safety.

We have a Quick Guide to tenancy deposits here.

A new Legislation Page

18/5/21

A list of all the main statutes which landlords and their agents need to be aware of.

A new FAQ

18/05/21

Conference 2020 recordings

17/05/2021

The recordings of our 2020 Conference are now available for all Landlord Law Business Level members here.

Section 8 notices

As the new section 8 notice to take effect from 4 May 2021 (which refers to the ‘breathing space’ regulations) contains an error we have taken down our section 8 notices from the possession notices page.  As we do not think it will be possible to serve a valid section 8 notice (in England) until such time as this has been corrected by the Government and a new notice issued.

A quick Guide, a video & an amended form:

22/04/2021

Two New Videos

19/03/2021

Two new legal cases

17/03/21

Disabled man permitted to keep ’emotional support’ dog.

09/02/21

Looking at Rent Repayment Orders and the maximum award that can be made.

A new training video

09/03/21

A new Quick Guide

01/03/21

We have a new quick guide on shared properties.

A new service

25/02/21

A new page for Debt Assessment Services with Julie Ford.

This now has an initial case assessment instruction form, plus you can instruct Julie to advise by phone (normal telephone advice calls apply).

A new menu link

24/02/21

You can now access the A-Z Index page via the small AZ icon on the site header above.

A new product

24/02/21

Our clause for prescribed information form signatures for corporate landlords and letting agents.  Designed to resolve the issue thrown up by the Northwood Solihull v. Fearn case linked below.

Find out more here.

 New Legal Cases

13/02/21

Looking at section 44 of the Companies Act 2006 and signatures on prescribed information forms and possession notices.

A new training webinar recording

12/02/21

The recording of Julie Ford’s training webinar on Rent Arrears and How to Help Tenants is now online.

Quick Guide

Three new ‘Quick Guides’

12/02/2021

Our ‘Quick Guides’ are a new type of content.  They are open access and summarise important elements of our content contained in the various ‘Topics’.  Along with links to some of our most important content.

Quick guides uploaded so far:

Eventually, we hope to have a ‘quick guide’ for all the topics and the special information pages.

A new FAQ

03/02/2021

A new FAQ

26/01/2021

A new training webinar

25/01/21

A new FAQ

15/01/2021

A new page for ‘product tour’ guides

13/01/2021

This page (which is a members-only page) has buttons which when clicked will launch tours demonstrating how to use aspects of the Landlord Law site.

We will be adding to this over time.  If you would like us to add a guide for something let us know via the messenger (there is a guide on using this on the page!)

Two new FAQ:

10/01/2020

A new FAQ

9/01/2021

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