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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Complaints about estate agents jumped by a third in 2020, says TPO
Ombudsman says part of the reason is that its new complaints portal makes it easier to make contact and begin process.
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Exclusive: RICS expels senior surveyor for plagiarism in Associate application
Jack Cook and his employer Carter Jonas are 'discussing the implications of the decision' by a disciplinary panel.
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Estate agency ordered to pay back £6,200 in rent to tenant
First Tier Tribunal found that East London firm Kenneth Lloyds Ltd had operated property as an HMO without a licence.
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Estate agency to pay former employee compensation for unfair dismissal
Employment Tribunal find in favour of North East agent after employer fails to defend claim by former employee.
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Exclusive: Property industry to face growing GDPR compensation bills, warn experts
Despite the early dash to comply with GDPR, more disgruntled customers are realising they can use the regulations to extract cash from agencies.
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Council admission led to property firm’s licensing fine cancellation
A property management company had its £5,000 selective licensing enforcement fine quashed after court found council had not followed process.
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Property sourcing agency fined over AML error says ‘we reported it’
Estate agency Jess Simpson Ltd is fined £6,300 even though it voluntarily flagged up the mistake to HMRC after its own system spotted error.
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Letting agents call for dedicated Housing Court to avoid evictions ‘catastrophe’
ARLA Propertymark says Count Count hearings are taking too long, undermining landlord confidence in the private rental sector.
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RICS chiefs ‘carefully considering’ independent report into treasury scandal
All eyes are now on the surveying trade body to see how it responds to Alison Levitt QC's 400-page investigation.
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Possession claims double as evictions ban ends but are way off ‘normal’
Latest figures from the MoJ reveal increased eviction activity by landlords and letting agents now that Covid restrictions have ended.
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