Regulation & Law
News articles looking at national legislation and local regulation and the application of law to the residential property industry.
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CLAIM: EPC compliance ‘not being policed by councils’
Just three of the country’s local councils have prosecuted landlords for breaches of EPC rules.
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HMO agency employee wins £33,000 after unfair dismissal
Miss S Lopez has won the award after an Employment Tribunal hearing following her unfair dismissal from two property firms based in Bexhill-on-Sea.
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Award-winning conveyancing firm shut down by regulator
GW Law Limited has been shuttered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over ‘suspected dishonesty’.
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Landlord law expert attacks new licensing rules
Landlords Defence’s Phil Turtle says the new selective licensing rules are nothing more than 'council money-raising schemes.'
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Another big council changes planning rules to limit HMOs
Chair of Sutton's housing committee is putting an Article 4 Direction in place so that planning permission will be required to convert a property into a smaller HMO.
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Property industry rejects Tenant Fees Act ‘success’ claim
Estate agents are united in their condemnation of a claim that the Tenant Fees Act 2019 has worked and saved tenants £400.
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Landlord evicts 90-year-old due to Section 21 ban
Alan Shields says he had no choice but to issue a Section 21 notice to his elderly tenant now as it will not be possible once the Renters' Rights Bill becomes law.
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Landlord wins ‘rare’ legal victory over council’s huge fine
A Cornish landlord has won his appeal against HMO licence penalty by disputing the number of people living at the property.
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Councils to soon ‘take over’ empty rental homes via new powers
New devolved powers are to be given to councils to make it quicker and easier to bring empty PRS homes back onto the market.
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Property industry slams licensing rule change for councils
The decision that councils will no longer require government permission for selective licensing schemes of any size has not gone down well within the property industry.
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