Paul Shamplina and Neil Cobbold united to explain why they believe getting rid of Section 21 evictions may impact industry harder than many think.

Measures that will involve letting agents directly include a national landlord register, a 'decent homes standard' and abolishing Section 21.

The judgement could effectively prevent Section 21 orders progressing and could expose affected letting agents to claims against them of up to three times the deposit.

The restrictions on how landlords and letting agents can evict via a Section 21 notice have made them obsolete, he claims.

Changes to government's Covid legislation give several concessions to agents and landlords looking to evict tenants, but still require a six-month notice period until March next year.

The Government has tried to help most groups of people, says Frances Burkinshaw, perhaps some things would have been dealt with differently had we previously known about this virus.

An amendment before the Welsh assembly will give tenants at least a year from the start of a tenancy before they can be evicted via the 'no fault' process.

Builders and agents point out that foreign investment is key part of many prime markets in the UK and proposed 3% extra Stamp Duty would put many investors off.